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The McLeod County 

Chronicle 

Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012 • Glencoe, Minnesota Vol. 115 No. 51 

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Recycling change 

draws criticism 

Chronicle photos by Rich Glennie 

The cast of “Sister Amnesia’s 

Country Western Nunsense 

Jamboree” was busy rehearsing 

for the opening performance on 

Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Glencoe 

City Center. Above, Sister 

Robert Anne (Kay Wilson) and 

Father Virgil Manly Trott (Tyler 

“Chuck” Peterson) sing a commercial 

for Ascension Air during 

the musical’s rehearsals. At 

right, Sister Leo (Alicia Beste) 

shows off her talents with a lariat. 

The other cast member is 

Katie Palmer as Sister Amnesia. 

The dinner-dessert theater performances 

are scheduled for 7 

p.m., Thursday, and 6 p.m., Friday, 

Dec, 20-21; 6 p.m., Friday 

through Sunday, Dec. 28-30; and 

a special New Year’s Eve performance 

at 6 p.m., Monday, Dec. 

31. The play is directed by Randy 

Wilson, with a six-member pit orchestra 

providing the music. 

By Rich Glennie 

Editor 

Glencoe City Council split its 

garbage/recycling contract with Waste 

Management into separate items Monday 

night. It approved an extension of 

the garbage contract, but will continue 

to discuss its plans to go to one-sort recycling. 

Council also heard from Gary Ballard, 

a resident who complained that 

the city is going away from the county’s 

five-sort program, for which citizens 

do not pay a monthly fee, to one 

in which Glencoe residents will pay 

extra. 

“Why? Not everyone is happy with 

this recycling thing,” Ballard told City 

Council. “The county’s unhappy. West 

Central Sanitation (county recycler) is 

unhappy. And it will cost city taxpayers 

money. We’d like an explanation.” 

Mayor Randy Wilson said city officials 

met with County Commissioner 

Sheldon Nies and Ed Homan, county 

solid waste director, before it decided 

to go to a one-sort program, using 

Waste Management. 

City officials asked for information 

about recycling from the county officials 

and “received none. I was surprised. 

They provided almost nothing,” 

Wilson said. 

Wilson said he also asked the county 

officials to come to a City Council 

meeting to publicly discuss the recycling 

issues. They declined. 

“We asked to be on their (county 

board) agenda,” Wilson added. “We 

were told they did not want us on their 

agenda.” 

While Wilson said it will cost Glencoe 

residents more to recycle, “it’s relative 

to what the entire expense is.” 

He said under the Waste Management 

proposal, pick up at city and 

school facilities is free, and that will 

save taxpayers money. “You need to 

put all the numbers into context,” Wilson 

added. 

“Most people like the one-sort,” 

Wilson continued, and he predicted 

City Council 

Turn to page 2 

County Board talks 

recycling issues, too 

By Lori Copler 

Staff Writer 

In a statement by Commissioner 

Kermit Terlinden, a brief report on a 

Material Recycling Facility (MRF) 

meeting, and in an answer to a question 

posed by a Glencoe resident, the 

McLeod County Board on Tuesday 

continued to discuss issues with the 

city of Glencoe’s decision to begin a 

one-sort recycling program outside of 

the county’s offered program. 

First, Terlinden attempted to clarify 

why he voted “no” at an earlier meeting 

on exploring with County Attorney 

Mike Junge as to whether Glencoe’s 

decision was in violation of the county’s 

recycling ordinance or policy. 

“I think it should have probably been 

tabled,” said Terlinden of the issue. 

Tabling the vote, he added, would 

have given the county time to let the 

“public know what’s happening and 

get some input,” as well as allow Terlinden 

to gather more information on 

County Board 


‘Nunsense Jamboree’ 

goes country this year 

Most of the cast is back, so are 

many of the pit orchestra musicians 

as well as director Randy 

Wilson as the Glencoe-Silver Lake 

Panther Association again hosts 

another Nunsense production — 

“Sister Amnesia’s Country Western 

Nunsense Jamboree” — beginning 

Thursday in the Grand 

Ballroom of the Glencoe City 

Center. 

The dinner- and dessert-theater 

performances are set for 6 p.m., 

Thursday (dessert) and Friday 

(dinner), Dec. 20-21, and 6 p.m., 

Friday (dinner) and Saturday (dinner), 

Dec. 28-29. There will be a 

matinee performance at 2 p.m., 

Sunday (dessert), Dec. 30. 

Also, there will be a special 

New Year’s Eve show and postparty 

scheduled as well. 

“We are trying to encourage 

people to stay in town that night 

(New Year’s Eve) and are having 

appetizers, a glass of champagne 

and music by Creekside Jazz after 

the performance that evening,” 

said Kathy Olson of the GSL Panther 

Association. “Those attending 

the performance that evening have 

it (post-party cost) included in 

their ticket.” 

After last year’s successful 

“Nuncrackers: The Nunsense 

Christmas Musical,” this year’s 

version goes country mixed in 

with a little “Hee-Haw.” 

So what is on tap this year? 

“Sister Amnesia’s Country 

Western Nunsense Jamboree” is 

presented as a promotional tour 

for Sister Mary Amnesia’s newly 

released album, “I Could’ve Gone 

to Nashville.” 

After regaining her memory Sister 

Amnesia realizes she is Sister 

Mary Paul, a former country 

singer. The Reverend Mother, feeling 

that one should not waste 

God-given talent, gets Sister Mary 

Paul a recording contract and now 

she is on a national tour. 

This show is filled with hysterical 

oneliners and infectious comic 

tunes. Audiences participate in a 

rousing “Country Auction” and 

join with the cast as they sing “We 

know that somewhere up in heaven 

you’re a saint, Patsy Cline!” 

Will Sister Amnesia leave the 

convent for the Grand Ole Op’ry? 

You’ll have to wait till the finale, 

“Do Unto Others” to get the answer. 

Cast members include Katie 

Palmer as Sister Amnesia; Kay 

Wilson as Sister Robert Anne; Jessica 

Fogarty as Sister Hubert; Alicia 

Beste as Sister Leo; and Tyler 

“Chuck” Peterson as Father Virgil 

Manly Trott. 

The pit orchestra features Dawn 

Wolter as the accompanist, Cathie 

Hueser on keyboard, Jack Noennig 

on violin, Dan Biederwolf on 

drums, Sonia Johnson on bass and 

Amanda Husted a percussionist. 

The rest of the crew includes 

Beste as the choreographer; Dawn 

Peterson as production assistant; 

Mitchell Bulau as sound technician; 

Mike Long as lighting technician; 

Randy Wilson as set designer. 

He also is involved in set 

construction and planning, along 

with Kay Wilson, Duane Klauster- 

Nunsense 


Chronicle photo by Karin Ramige Cornwell 

Not so sure 

Franklin Driscoll, 8-month-old son of Candace Driscoll of Winsted, 

was not so sure he wanted to sit on Santa’s lap last Thursday during 

a Santa’s visit to Coborn’s. 

Weather 

Wed., 12-19 

H: 29º, L: 18º 

Thur., 12-20 

H: 20º, L: 12º 

Fri., 12-21 

H: 23º, L: 10º 

Sat., 12-22 

H: 25º, L: 16º 

Sun., 12-23 

H: 15º, L: 5º 

Looking back: It felt more 

like December early, and then it 

rained to coat the area in ice. 

Welcome to Minnesota! 

Date Hi Lo Snow 

Dec. 11 18 ........0 ..........0.00 

Dec. 12 37 ........1 ..........0.00 

Dec. 13 35 ......13 ..........0.00 

Dec. 14 36 ........8 .........0.00 

Dec. 15 36 ......32 ........0.30* 

Dec. 16 32 ......16 ..........0.00 

Dec. 17 23 ......17 ..........0.00 

* .27 Rain. Temperatures and precipitation 

compiled by Robert Thurn, Chronicle 

weather observer. 

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The McLeod County Chronicle, Wednesday, December 19, 2012, page 2 

May your holiday shine as bright 

as a Christmas tree with all its light! 

We appreciate your loyal 

business and your friendship. 

We look forward to seeing you 

again in the new year. 

Getting in on the fun 

While the kindergarten students at Helen Baker Elementary 

were stealing the show with their winter concert last 

Wednesday in the high school auditorium, their teachers 

were getting in on the act, too. One of the last songs on 

the winter program was “Must Be Santa,” and the teachers, 

from left, Brandy Barrett, Kim Borka, Kristal Wendt, 

Chronicle photo by Rich Glennie 

Michelle Otto-Fisher, Emily Foss and Teresa Kuester, 

sang and helped the youngsters with the visual expressions 

for the music. The winter music program was directed 

by Carrie Knott, and the accompanying student 

art show was arranged by Angela Wigern. 

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Council approves purchase 

of old Economart property 


Editor 

Unanimously, Glencoe City 

Council on Monday night approved 

the purchase of the 

former Mark’s Economart 

building on Greeley Avenue 

for $1 from Security Bank & 

Trust. The city also will pay 

$14,022 in 2013 property 

taxes. 

After doing a study of the 

property, the city received estimates 

of what it would cost 

to demolish the former grocery 

store. That price tag was 

nearly $100,000. 

City Administrator Mark 

Larson said the actual demolition 

would cost about 

$78,000, although no formal 

bids have been sought. The 

remaining costs would be for 

items like disposal of the 

demolition materials and the 

abatement of asbestos in the 

building. 

“The condition of the 

building will only get worse,” 

Larson said after an inspection 

was made recently. The 

building has been vacant for 

the past seven or eight years 

with electricity, heat and 

water having been turned off 

since then. 

Larson said the chamber of 

commerce’s Economic Development 

Committee (EDC) 

has been debating uses for the 

vacant building for years, but 

it did not make a recommendation 

on the purchase by the 

city. 

Having control of the property 

will give the city other 

options, Larson said. “Either 

market it as is or as a bare 

lot.” 

Larson said payment of the 

property taxes would be for 

only one year, when it would 

become public tax exempt 

property thereafter, unless 

resold. 

Security Bank & Trust’s 

other condition is that the sale 

be closed by Dec, 31. 

Mayor Randy Wilson said 

there is potential to do something 

with that building 

“that’s sat there for some 

time.” 

Asked about the market 

value of the Economart property, 

Larson said the market 

value on the building is 

$214,000 and the land is another 

$149,000 for a total of 

$364,000. 

He said the “footprint of 

the building is sound, but the 

roof is shot, the mechanical is 

shot” and to upgrade them 

would cost an estimated 

$300,000. 

If the building is to be demolished, 

public bids would 

be sought for the work, Larson 

said. 

“This building has been 

talked about at length,” Wilson 

added. There has been interest 

in the past, but when 

the numbers are crunched “it 

cannot cash flow. Maybe the 

land is more valuable bare 

than with something on it,” 

Wilson added. 

Larson said there is a Minnesota 

Department of Employment 

and Economic Development 

(DEED) grant program 

to help for demolitions 

costs. It is a 50/50 percent 

matching grant and could 

lower the costs of demolition 

by $50,000, assuming the 

state Legislature funds the 

DEED program next session. 

As to paying the $14,022 in 

property taxes, Council member 

John Schrupp asked 

where that money comes 

from. 

“General fund,” Larson 

said, and noted it has about 

$2.9 million in reserves. 

“I urge the Council to pursue 

this,” Wilson said prior to 

the vote. “It’s basically a 

shell of a building.” 

In the Spirit 

of the Season! 

Christmas is not in tinsel and lights and outward show, 

The secret lies in an inner glow. 

It’s lighting a fire inside the heart, 

Goodwill and joy a vital part. 

It’s higher thought and a greater plan. 

It’s glorious dream in the soul of man. 

-- Wilfred A. Peterson 

The Art of Living 

May the true meaning of Christmas reside 

in your heart this holiday season and 

beyond. From all of us, to all of you, go 

our warmest wishes and heartfelt thanks. 

City Council Continued from page 1 

that will increase the rate of 

recycling in Glencoe. The 

county was asked to go to the 

one-sort recycling, Wilson 

said, but refused to change its 

current five-sort approach. 

Ballard countered by saying 

Glencoe residents have 

been trained for years to sort 

their recyclables, so why 

change? “Now you want us to 

put them all together and 

someone else sorts them?” 

Council member John 

Schrupp said Ballard must be 

running around with a different 

group than he does. He 

the issue. 

Commissioner Sheldon 

Nies, a member of the MRF 

committee, said the committee 

met with Junge and is still 

“on a fact-finding mission” as 

to whether there is any legal 

action the county can take. 

And, Nies reminded his 

fellow commissioners, any 

plans to pursue legal action 

needs to be approved by the 

County Board, not just the 

MRF committee. 

Marie Thurn, a resident of 

Glencoe, asked during the 

public forum part of the 

meeting if it is true, as had 

apparently been asserted at a 

Glencoe City Council meeting, 

that the city and the 

county were unable to come 

together for a meeting on the 

issue. 

Nies said that he, Terlinden 

(whose district includes the 

city of Glencoe) and Solid 

Waste Director Ed Homan 

had met Nov. 29 with the 

Glencoe mayor, two council 

members and City Administrator 

Mark Larson regarding 

the city’s proposal to begin a 

one-sort recycling program. 

Nies also said that meeting 

was “put together by Kermit 

and Sheldon.” 

And, at that meeting, the 

county explained that the 

said everyone he has spoken 

to favors the one-sort program 

— two cans, one for 

garbage and one for recycling. 


Larson said a public hearing 

on the recycling program is 

scheduled for the next Council 

meeting on Jan. 7. 

Ballard said Glencoe, removing 

itself from the county’s 

recycling problem, will 

cost the county $100,000. 

“That’s not our number,” 

Larson replied. 

Ballard estimated it will 

County Board Continued from page 1 

change would cost the county 

up to $100,000. 

First, Nies said, the county 

had approved a contract with 

West Central Sanitation for 

curbside recycling in McLeod 

County communities, including 

Glencoe. That contract 

will cost the county $70,000 

a year, whether the county 

provides recycling service in 

Glencoe or not. 

“We have to honor that 

contract, even without offering 

the service,” said Nies. 

Second, Nies added, the 

county will no longer be getting 

recycled products from 

Happenings 

cost Glencoe residents 

$70,000 for the new recycling, 

but when asked, said he 

could not verify that number. 

“I’m not happy with the 

way this is being handled,” 

Ballard said. 

Schrupp said people should 

drive around and see how 

many of the blue recycling 

buckets are sitting out. “It’s 

down from what it should 

be.” 

He predicted a 10 fold increase 

in recycling with the 

one-sort program. 

Almost lost in the recycling 

Glencoe, which also will cost 

the county lost revenue because 

the county sells the recycled 

products it collects to 

other markets. 

Nies also pointed out that 

the county’s five-sort recycling 

service is free to city 

residents, while the singlesort 

system will cost Glencoe 

residents an additional $2.90 

per month. 

Nies did acknowledge that 

there has been no “followup” 

meetings between the 

county and the city, primarily, 

he indicated, because of 

scheduling conflicts. 

Free community meal Jan. 2 

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hosting the Abundant Table Community Meal beginning 

Wednesday, Jan. 2, and on the first Wednesday of each 

month. The meal is free and open to families and children, 

the elderly and all seeking fellowship or in need of 

a helping hand. The meal will be held in the basement 

fellowship hall of the church. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. for 

fellowship, and the meal is served at 5:30 p.m. Call 

Christ Lutheran Church at 320-864-4549 so the volunteers 

prepare a meal for you. 

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gallon rate will be $10.28; 

and the 96-gallon rate will be 

$11.16. There is a special 

senior citizen or disabled person 

rate for 32-gallon service 

of $8.30. 

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Band concerts 

The Glencoe-Silver Lake 

High School Music Department 

held its winter concert 

Monday night in the high 

school auditorium. The concert 

featured four pieces by 

the 9th-10th Grade Band as 

well as four pieces by the 

GSL Concert Band. Above, 

members of the Concert 

Band included, front, 

Madelin Kuehn, MacKenzie 

Mrkvicka, Layne Herrmann, 

Victoria Varland, Cody Wendorff 

and Alex Stensvad. In 

the back are Christopher 

Ross, Aaron Rhodes and Christina Bonilla. At the right are flute players Dee Bandemer 

and Steph Chastek. Behind them are Ashley Alsleben on alto sax and standing in the 

back is Mai-Quyhn Nguyen. The bands are directed by Peter Gepson. The Lakeside 

band concert for fifth and sixh-grade students is scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 20, in 

Silver Lake. 

Robeck to retire after 

40 years as city worker 


Editor 

The city will lose its second 

longtime employee in the 

past several months when 

Allen Robeck announced his 

retirement at the end of the 

year. 

Robeck, an over 40-year 

city employee in the water 

and wastewater treatment departments, 

joins another longtime 

city employee, Terry 

Buska, former street superintendent. 

Buska retired at the 

end of October due to health 

reasons. 

In his letter of resignation, 

Robeck wrote, “My association 

with the city of Glencoe 

for the last 40 plus years has 

been a pleasant one. I will 

miss serving the people of 

Glencoe, the challenge and 

adventure my role offered, as 

well as the friendships of 

hard-working and conscientious 

fellow employees.” 

He said a lot of effort went 

into training his replacement 

last winter, only to have that 

person move to another town. 

Robeck encouraged the 

city “to hire another person 

for the wastewater treatment 

plant as soon as possible to 

reduce the strain on present 

personnel.” 

In accepting Robeck’s retirement 

at Monday night’s 

City Council meeting, Mayor 

Randy Wilson said Robeck 

“has been a good employee. 

He worked hard for the citizens.” 

Wilson also said the city 

has been blessed “with very 

dedicated employees.” 

Impound lot purchased 

for WWTP expansion 


Editor 

Glencoe City Council was 

in a buying mood Monday 

night. Not only did it buy the 

former Economart property, it 

also purchased a lot from 

Kevin Luehrs for $20,000 to 

expand its wastewater treatment 

plant in the future. 

The property, owned by 

Luehrs, currently acts as the 

city’s vehicle impound lot adjacent 

to Kevin’s Auto. The 

impound lot also is adjacent 

to the city’s wastewater treatment 

plant. 

Gary Schreifels, one of the 

city’s public works supervisors, 

said there is potential 

for expanding the treatment 

plant as the Minnesota Pollution 

Control Agency (MPCA) 

continues to refine pollution 

regulations, especially with 

reducing the amount of phosphorus 

going into Buffalo 

Creek. 

Schreifels said the city either 

needs to buy more land 

near the treatment plant, or 

find land elsewhere. 

The city had purchased another 

lot near the treatment 

plant from Super 8 Motel a 

few years ago. That land lies 

south of the motel. 

Schreifels said the city 

needs to deal with the phosphorus 

by 2017, and that will 

require a larger area for the 

wastewater treatment plant. 

“We’re now compacted into a 

very tight area,” he said. 


Larson said City Council also 

will need to look at an overall 

facilities plan in the near future. 

The original treatment 

plant was built in 1956 and 

was upgraded in 1974 and 

1994. 

While the treatment plant 

has a lot of capacity remaining 

to handle water from the 

sewage, taking out “the bad 

things” is another matter. 

He said the MPCA is looking 

back at each point source 

along the waterways and requiring 

cities to remove phosphorus 

from their discharges. 

Schreifels said the city’s 

bond for the 1994 upgrades 

to the plant will be paid off at 

the end of 2014, and that will 

free up $280,000 in annual 

bond payments. 

The motion to purchase the 

.7 acre of property for 

$20,000 received unanimous 

City Council approval. 

In other matters, City 

Council: 

• Set a public hearing on a 

Glencoe Regional Health 

Services $23,750,000 bond 

issue for 7:15 p.m., Tuesday, 

Jan. 22. 

Julie Eddington of 

Kennedy & Graven said the 

hospital is using the city’s 

bond rating to get a lower interest 

rate when issuing its 

bonds. The city acts as a conduit, 

she said. 

“The hospital is getting a 

much better interest rate,” 

Eddington said. 

But there is one side effect 

to the city. The city can issue 

up to $10 million a year in 

general obligation bonds and 

maintain its current bond rating. 

If the city opts to issue 

its own bonds in 2013, and 

allow GRHS the use of it as a 

conduit, that will increase the 

interest rates for the city’s 

bonds. 

Part of the deal in being the 

conduit for the GRHS bond is 

that GRHS would pick up 

difference in the higher interest 

rate for the city. 

The situation only applies 

to 2013, Eddington said. 

Larson said Monday’s motion 

is just to set the public 

hearing. He said he would 

like a conduit financing policy 

to be “in place” before the 

Jan. 22 meeting. 

• Approved a resolution to 

cost share with the Minnesota 

Department of Transportation 

for two items at the municipal 

airport. 

The total cost is $7,860. 

The state’s share of the cost is 

$4,410, and the city’s share is 

$3,450, which would come 

out of the airport fund. 

The projects include the 

purchase of emergency runway 

closure crosses that can 

be seen from above and repairs 

to a hangar door that 

had deteriorated and was declared 

unsafe. 

• Approved a resolution of 

support for Twin Cities & 

Western Railroad in its fight 

with the light rail transit designs 

in the southwest metro 

area. 

The draft environment impact 

statement for the light 

rail project calls for TC&W 

to move its freight routes at 

greater expense to the company. 

TC&W sought letters of 

support from communities 

and customers along its rail 

line indicating to the metro 

designers that their proposed 

changes will have far-reaching, 

negative impacts on 

TC&W’s customers. 

• Approved spending up to 

$3,000 on a preliminary design 

study for a liquor store 

expansion into the former 

city offices on Greeley Avenue 

and 10th Street. 

Hired to do the study is 

Ringdahl & Associates of 

Alexandria. 


County Board hears update 

on AMC activities, 2013 goals 

Live Nativity 

rescheduled 

The Live Nativity event 

scheduled for last Saturday 

has been rescheduled due to 

Saturday’s freezing rain. 

The Live Nativity has been 

rescheduled for Sunday, Dec. 

23, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., at 

Oak Leaf Park. 

Participants can drive 

through the park, stay warm 

and experience the birth of 

the Christ child. 

In the spirit of giving, onlookers 

are asked to share 

their blessings of food and 

funds to further the work of 

the McLeod Emergency 

Food Shelf. 

By Lori Copler 

Staff Writer 

To no one’s surprise, tax 

reform will be the hot topic 

of the 2013 State Legislature, 

the McLeod County Board 

heard Tuesday. 

Jeff Spartz, executive director 

of the Association of 

Minnesota Counties (AMC) 

visited the County Board to 

provide an update on the association’s 

activities and 

goals for the coming year. 

Spartz said association 

members have made it clear 

that “property tax reform is a 

big issue.” 

Spartz said Minnesota has 

a very complex property tax 

system, with 55 or 56 different 

classifications of property 

for taxing purposes. 

“There is a huge cloud of 

confusion around the property 

tax system,” said Spartz. 

Spartz also noted that tax 

reform is one of Gov. Mark 

Dayton’s main goals for 

2013, but that Dayton’s plan 

will probably call for reform 

of not just the property tax 

system, but also for changes 

in income and sales taxes, as 

well. 

Spartz expects that the state 

Senate and the House also 

will put forth tax reform proposals, 

and reform also will 

be divided along party lines. 

“I think it will be a real dog 

fight,” said Spartz of tax reform. 

Spartz also said that with 

tax reform will come the redesign 

of local governments 

and their services, and that 

the association is prepared to 

be a leader in that redesign, 

being an initiator for change, 

rather than reacting to 

changes made at the state 

level. 

Another goal for the association 

is to urge the state to 

“modernize its data systems” 

for its department of human 

services. Out-of-date computers, 

Spartz said, “puts an 

extra burden on your (the 

county’s) workers.” 

Spartz also encouraged 

commissioner participation 

on the association’s various 

policy committees, which include 

committees on the environment 

and natural resources, 

general government, 

health and humans services, 

public safety and transportation. 

“This is a member-driven 

organization,” Spartz said of 

AMC. “And the best way for 

members to participate is on 

one of the policy committees.” 

Spartz said he learned two 

things in his former career as 

a legislative aide: 

“The world is run by those 

who show up, and when you 

show up, bring an agenda.” 

In other business Tuesday 

morning, the County Board 

approved several requests 

from the Solid Waste Department, 

including: 

• A recommendation to buy 

several recycling baskets, 

bins and containers for 

Maplewood Academy in 

Hutchinson at a total cost of 

$7,289.46. 

• Approved spending 

$9,800 for signs for its recycling 

semi-trailers that are 

used by various organizations 

for paper drives. 

• Approved the annual rebate 

to schools participating 

in recycling at a total of 

$4,588 for the 2011-12 

school year. 

• Agreed to spend up to 

$6,000 for security cameras 

at the Silver Lake brush collection 

and recycling site to 

monitor illegal dumping activities. 

Solid Waste Coordinator 

Sarah Young said that while 

sites also have illegal dumping, 

the Silver Lake site 

seems to be a particular favorite 

for that type of activity. 

The County Board also: 

• Approved annual dental 

and health insurance contracts. 

• Approved spending $750 

to contract with Ridgewater 

College for a Jan. 17 employee 

training session. 

• Decided to “stagger” the 

terms of its newly formed 

ditch committee, by giving 

two-year terms to the representatives 

of Districts 2 and 5 

and three-year terms to representatives 

of Districts 1, 3 

and 4, starting Jan. 1. After 

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• Approved a pay increase 

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employees, starting in 

2013. The county also will 

contribute another $10 per 

month toward single health 

coverage and $60 for family 

coverage, as well as $500 per 

single person and $1,500 per 

family for employees who 

transition into a health savings 

account (HSA) during 

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increase for part-time 

county employees, also starting 

in 2013, which also will 

take care of a raise which 

should have been offered in 

2012. 

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O pinions 

Stop this insanity! 

We are slaughtering 

our future, our children 

Our view: Sandy Hook massacre takes depravity 

to new level; NRA needs to help solve problem 

Letters to Editor 

Stop this insanity! We are 

killing our future; we are 

slaughtering our children 

and standing by, wringing our hands, 

wondering how could this happen? 

The Sandy Hook Elementary 

School massacre is the latest in a 

long line of gun-related killing 

sprees that takes mass murder to a 

new level of depravity. 

The unthinkable has now become 

the norm as the volatile mix of violent 

video games, easy access to 

lethal weapons and serious mental 

health problems all come together to 

produce the latest, and perhaps 

worst, mass murderer, yet. 

How can anyone walk into an elementary 

school and blast away at innocent 

and defenseless 6- and 7- 

year-olds and their teachers? Was the 

killer playing out a fantasy he saw 

on a video game? Was he carrying 

out a grudge? Was he simply derranged? 

We will never know because he 

took the easy way out with a bullet 

to his own head. Why didn’t he just 

do that first and spare the rest of society 

the pain and suffering he inflicted? 

It is time we all get involved in 

finding a solution. That includes involvement 

by the National Rifle Association 

(NRA) and its large base of 

political and financial supporters. 

Make no mistake, we are Second 

Amendment supporters. We believe 

in the right to bear arms and have 

them in our homes for recreational 

use and for protection. 

But there has to be a common 

sense level of gun ownership that we 

can all agree on. 

To date the NRA has rigidly stood 

behind its Second Amendment rights 

and refused to admit there is a problem. 

The standard “Guns don’t kill 

people, people kill people,” has 

worn thin as the bodies continue to 

pile up. In combination, guns and 

people kill innocent people. That is a 

fact. 

Let’s get real. Let’s find a solution 

that protects citizens’ rights to bear 

arms, but also protects the rights of 

innocent people to go to school, to 

go to the mall, to go to church without 

fear of being killed by some 

crazed person armed to the teeth. 

And arming teachers, preachers 

and ordinary citizens to the teeth is 

not a solution either. More is not better 

in this situation. 

The NRA leadership needs to step 

up to the plate and offer some solutions, 

too. To simply sit behind the 

Second Amendment and do nothing 

is not a solution. That perpetuates 

the problem. 

Gun proponents need to get involved 

in the conversation before the 

gun-control lobby steals the stage, 

and what is decided takes away your 

rights to bear arms. Bring some sensible 

solutions to the table before it 

is too late. 

But like the budget stalemate in 

Washington, D.C., all sides have 

hardened their stances when it 

comes to common sense control of 

weapons, and access to weapons, in 

this country. The middle ground 

needs to be found before this nation 

does irreputable damage to the next 

generations of Americans. 

We cannot tolerate more mass 

murders of elementary-school children, 

or anyone else for that matter. 

We are supposed to be a civilized 

nation. Incidents like Sandy Hook 

show that we have a long way to go. 

— R.G. 

It is not all about baskets or score 

To the Editor: 

Good afternoon, just thought I’d 

share a snapshot from Saturday’s 

game (against New Ulm). 

This is my son Trenton; not sure 

of the little boy’s name, but he is 

Dave Wendlandt’s grandson. 

It may not mean much to many, 

but it melted my heart to see a little 

boy look up to my son. 

He brought him a candy bar, took 

him by the hand and asked him to 

play ball the next day, which he 

couldn’t do because he had to work. 

I guess, it’s moments like these 

that make you sit back and think … 

maybe it’s not so much the number 

of buckets or the score at the end of 

the game, but rather, the dreams you 

help make along the way. 

It was such a special moment, and 

I would love to share it. 

Melissa Draeger 

Glencoe 

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Appreciation for emergency services personnel 


This past Saturday evening, our 

family experienced a frightening 

medical emergency at our family 

Christmas gathering. 

Baby Maddix was choking and 

her father, Richard, ran to the hospital 

emergency entrance with her as 

9-1-1 was dialed. Within two minutes, 

the Glencoe Ambulance Service 

met Richard on his way to the 

hospital. A Glencoe Police squad 

and two McLeod County deputy 

sheriff squads passed our house. 

My granddaughter is fine, and so 

are the family members and relatives. 

The quick response of emergency 

personnel was phenomenal. 

Citizens of Glencoe and citizens 

of McLeod County: Be grateful 

knowing we have such competent, 

professional emergency services personnel. 

With sincere appreciation for all 

involved. 

Charles Shamla 

and family 

Be assured, GSL’s emergency crisis plan in place 


Last Friday, our nation was saddened 

as we learned about what happened 

at Sandy Hook Elementary 

School. Our thoughts and prayers 

go out to the families that are involved 

in this senseless act. 

The coverage of this event has 

been extensive and with that, I 

would like to take this opportunity 

to remind district members that we 

have a plan in place in each of our 

schools to handle emergency situations. 

Guest opinion: 

We are required to have several 

practice lockdown and fire drills 

throughout the year. With these 

drills and having a crisis plan in 

place, we feel confident in our 

preparation. 

While no amount of planning can 

guarantee that a tragedy such as this 

will not occur, we are doing what we 

can to keep children safe while at 

school. 

We are grateful to have quality 

service people that are here for us on 

a moment’s notice and with their 

Small changes make a difference 

By U.S. Senator 

Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn. 

This election we heard loud and 

clear from people on both sides of 

the aisle: Congress needs more cooperation 

and less gridlock. 

The American people want leaders 

who are ready to roll up their sleeves 

and get to work. They want leaders 

who are problem-solvers. And they 

want results. 

In order to meet the challenges 

facing our country we also need to 

make sure we have a legislative 

process that promotes substantive 

debate and real decisions, not endless 

bickering and partisan gamesmanship. 

One way to achieve that is to reform 

the Senate filibuster. 

The filibuster allows a single senator 

to block the progress of legislation 

unless its supporters are able to 

secure 60 votes for passage, rather 

than a simple majority. 

In the past, the filibuster was used 

only as a last resort, providing a way 

for minority party members to express 

their views, ensuring them a 

seat at the table and promoting substantive 

debate. 

I support ensuring the minority 

has a strong voice, but the filibuster 

has now become a weapon that obstructs 

progress on critical issues. In 

fact, during the last Congress alone, 

it was used more than in the 1950s, 

60s and 70s combined. 

That’s why I’m pushing for filibuster 

reform that will not only 

make Congress more accountable, 

but will also streamline the legislative 

process so we can move forward 

with the business of the people 

and get things done. 

First, I believe we need to reinstate 

the standing filibuster, requiring 

senators of either party who 

threaten to block legislation to actually 

stand on the Senate floor and 

explain to the American people why 

they oppose a bill. 

Under the current system, senators 

can simply threaten to filibuster legislation 

they don’t like, effectively 

halting its progress without being 

held accountable for their obstruction. 

If an issue is so important that a 

senator is willing to take hours or 

even days to make his or her point, 

that is their right. But they shouldn’t 

be able to simply say they are going 

to filibuster and go home for the 

weekend. They should have to stand 

there and make their argument to 

their colleagues and the country. 

That’s the kind of debate that the 

American people deserve and that’s 

the kind of debate that will help us 

leadership, we will handle crisis situations 

as best as possible. 

What happened in Connecticut is 

unthinkable, yet in today’s world, 

seems to be happening far too frequently. 

With that said, please join me in 

sending our heartfelt condolences 

from all of us at GSL to the many 

people and families who were affected 

by this tragedy. 

Christopher Sonju 

GSL Superintendent 

get results. 

I also believe we need to make the 

system more efficient by limiting the 

filibuster to actual votes on a bill, 

not motions to proceed to the bill. 

This would ensure that legislation 

that hasn’t been debated yet can’t be 

prematurely stonewalled by a single 

senator’s opposition. 

Finally, I believe we should speed 

up the process for nomination votes. 

Currently every nomination is required 

to have at least 30 hours of 

debate. 

For actual bills, this debate time is 

normally used for discussing and 

voting on amendments – something 

that is not possible with nomination 

votes. 

Instead, senators often use this 

time during nominations to simply 

prevent the Senate from moving on 

to other important issues. 

The country simply can’t afford 

this kind of obstruction any longer. 

There is too much at stake and too 

much work to be done. What we 

need now is action and accountability. 

That is what the American people 

deserve and that is what will move 

this country forward, and a few 

common-sense reforms to the Senate 

filibuster rules would go a long way 

to help put us on the right path. 

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Halloween Village sponsors appreciated 


With the holiday season 

fast approaching, we often 

forget about events that happened 

a mere month ago, but 

it would be to our chagrin if 

we didn’t take the time to express 

our appreciation. 

At the end of October, Halloween 

Village once again 

put on a spectacular event, 

which could not have happened 

without the generous 

donations from Glencoe and 

the surrounding communities. 

Many business owners in 

your town and even personal 

donations were kind-heartedly 

given to make Halloween 

Village possible. 

Over 90 volunteers, people 

from your community, committed 

their valuable time to 

our efforts. 

Editor’s note: A reminder 

from the Glencoe American 

Legion Post 95 about flag 

etiquette. 

The fundamental rule of 

flag etiquette is: treat all 

flags with respect and common 

sense. 

The American flag should 

take precedence over all other 

flags when flown in the US. 

It should not be flown 

lower than another flag, nor 

should it be smaller than another 

flag flown with it. 

Other flags may be flown at 

the same height and in the 

same size. 

Other national flags should 

not be smaller or flown lower 

than the American flag when 

displayed together. If it is not 

possible to display two or 

more national flags at the 

same height, it is not proper 

to display them together at 

all. 

The point of honor is on 

the extreme left from the 

standpoint of the observer. 

The order from left to right of 

flags flown together is: the 

Stars & Stripes, other national 

flags in alphabetical order, 

state flags, county and city 

flags, organizational flags 

and personal flags. 

If one flag is at half-staff in 

mourning, other flags flown 

with it should be at half-staff. 

First raise the flags to their 

peak and lower to half-staff. 

The American flag is raised 

first and lowered last. Flags 

are to fly at half-staff from 

sunrise to sunset. 

For flags that cannot be 

lowered, such as those on 

many homes, the American 

Legion says that attaching a 

black ribbon or streamer to 

the top of the flag is an acceptable 

alternative. The ribbon 

should be the same width 

as a stripe on the flag and the 

same length as the flag. 

A salute (hand over heart 

when not in uniform) should 

be rendered when the flag is 

raised, lowered or carried on 

parade, when the Pledge of 

Allegiance is recited and 

when the national anthem is 

played (unless the flag is not 

present). 

It is proper to fly the American 

flag at night, but only if 

it is spotlighted. 

In a public gathering (lecture 

hall, church etc.), the 

American flag should be to 

the right of the speakers or on 

the wall behind them. 

The canton of the flag 

(blue field with 50 stars) 

should always be to the observers 

left except: 1) when 

displayed on a casket; 2) 

when displayed as a decal on 

the right side of the vehicle; 

3) when worn as a patch on 

the right arm (use on the left 

arm is preferable). 

The Stars & Stripes should 

be in the center of a group of 

flags only when: 1) the center 

pole is taller than the others 

or 2) when a fan-like arrangement 

makes the center pole 

higher than the others. 

It is not illegal to fly the 

flag (state, ethnic group, organization, 

etc.) alone, but it 

is always preferable to display 

the American flag at the 

same time. 

Flag flying on holidays: 

The U.S. flag may be 

flown every day, especially 

on the following: 

Jan. 1 — New Year’s Day. 

Jan. 20 — Inauguration 

Day. 

Third Monday in January 

— Martin Luther King. 

Feb. 12 — Lincoln’s birthday. 

Third Monday in February 

— Presidents Day. 

Feb 22 — Washington’s 

birthday. 

Easter Sunday. 

We operate solely on donations 

and volunteer workers, 

so if you attended Halloween 

Village outside of Winthrop 

and are now shopping those 

businesses, please take time 

to thank them. 

We see so many people returning 

year after year and 

comment that we’ve added so 

much more. It is not just 

about the “haunted” places, 

but that the committee makes 

sure there is something for 

everyone of all ages, including 

games, treats and nonscary 

entertainment. 

We have seen over 1,500 

people pass through our entrance 

for the past several 

years, from babies in strollers 

to old men with canes. 

The end result from those 

donations and volunteers culminates 

in Halloween Village 

being able to donate over 

1,800 pounds of food (along 

with cash) to the local food 

shelf. 

Again, our appreciation 

goes out to your town, the 

business owners, and all the 

individuals who unselfishly 

give of their resources, time, 

and talents. Accept our appreciation 

with hopes to continue 

giving back to the community. 

Halloween Village Mayor 

Theresa Wills 

Byron Wills 

Village Council member 

Ray Duering 

Village Council Member 

Merline Duering 

Village Council member 

Some things to know about the flag 

$100,000 

committed to 

Luce Line 

WINSTED — The Herald 

Journal reported that Winsted 

City Council approved contributing 

$100,000 to help 

pave the Luce Line State 

Trail from Winsted to 

Hutchinson after the longawaited 

project recently 

gained momentum. 

Cost to pave the 23 miles 

between the two communities 

is estimated at $3.5 million. 

Hutchinson committed 

$750,000 and McLeod County 

another $500,000. The 

Minnesota Department of 

Natural Resources agreed to 

an initial contribution of 

$500,000 in 2013 and plans 

to make the Luce Line Trail a 

top priority in 2014, the Herald 

Journal reported. 

All The Best 

To You 

We’re displaying our holiday best to 

wish the finest bunch of people we know 

a wonderful holiday season! 

Thanks for your business this past 

year, and we look forward to seeing 

you again soon! Happy Holidays! 

Think of us for all your tax, accounting and financial needs. 

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Arlington • (507) 964-5868 

Glencoe • (320) 864-6166 

1320 Pryor Ave. 

Glencoe 

320-864-6222 

April 6 — Army Day. 

May 8 — V-E Day. 

Second Sunday in May — 

Mother’s Day. 

Third Saturday in May — 

Armed Forces Day. 

Last Monday in May — 

Memorial Day. 

May 30 — Memorial Day, 

traditional. 

June 14 — Flag Day. 

Third Sunday in June — 

Father’s Day. 

July 4 — Independence 

Day. 

Aug. 7 — Purple Heart 

Day. 

Aug. 14 — V-J Day. 

Aug. 19 — National Aviation 

Day. 

First Monday in September 

— Labor Day. 

Sept. 11 — Patriot Day. 

Sept. 17 — Constitution 

Day. 

Second Monday in October 

— Columbus Day. 

Oct. 27 — Navy Day. 

First Tuesday in November 

— Election Day. 

Nov. 10 — Marine Corps 

birthday. 

Nov. 11 — Veterans Day. 

Fourth Thursday in November 

— Thanksgiving 

Day. 

Dec. 7 — Pearl Harbor 

Day. 

Dec. 25 — Christmas Day. 

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and a Happy New Year. 

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Guest column: 

Goal: Service to constituents 

By Lee H. Hamilton 

The rigors of the campaign 

are still fresh, but for newly 

elected House members and 

senators, the hard part is just 

beginning. Already, they’re 

inundated with advice on the 

issues they’ll be facing: the 

fiscal cliff, crises overseas, 

how to behave in a highly 

partisan Congress. 

All of this will take time to 

sort out. But there’s one task 

I’d advise them to tackle 

right away, whatever their 

party: learning how to do 

constituent services right. 

Many years ago, when I 

was still in the House, I accompanied 

a senator to a 

public meeting. A woman approached 

him afterward to 

ask for help with a Social Security 

problem. Irritably, my 

colleague told her that he didn’t 

have time; he had important 

policy issues to deal 

with. I was stunned. So was 

the woman. I have never forgotten 

the look of helpless 

chagrin on her face. 

Self-interest alone would 

have counseled a more helpful 

approach. I ran into someone 

from my district once 

who told me, “I don’t agree 

with you most of the time, 

but I’m voting for you because 

you take good care of 

your constituents.” People 

notice. And they care. That 

senator who rebuffed the plea 

for help? He was defeated in 

the next election. 

But there’s more to it than 

just currying favor with the 

electorate. Good constituent 

service, I believe, is crucial to 

being a good elected representative. 

There’s no mystery why. 

The federal government is 

vast, complex, and confusing, 

and it touches far more lives 

than any private company. 

Sometimes it’s a model of efficiency, 

but too often it’s agonizingly 

slow to get off a 

passport or approve a disability 

payment. And it makes 

mistakes — a transposed Social 

Security number, a 

wrong address, a benefit miscalculation 

— and then drags 

its heels fixing them. Its rules 

and regulations can be hard 

to navigate. Ordinary Americans 

get caught up in the 

gears, and they need help. 

As a member of Congress, 

you can learn a lot by paying 

attention. Though it’s a habit 

for legislators to think of policy-making 

and constituent 

service as two distinct halves 

of their responsibilities, that’s 

not always the case. 

The problems people are 

having keep you alert to what 

might need to be done legislatively. 

If there’s a huge 

backlog of disability cases at 

the Social Security Administration, 

for instance, or a 

surge of veterans having trouble 

getting their benefits, that 

ought to be a warning sign. 

Workers in those agencies 

may be struggling to remain 

efficient, or they may need 

additional staff and resources 

— either way, it bears investigating 

and, possibly, legislative 

action. 

The challenge, of course, is 

that helping constituents with 

their problems isn’t easy. It 

demands a commitment of 

staff and time. It means being 

careful to avoid even a hint 

that a constituent’s party affiliation 

matters. It requires 

walking a fine line with the 

bureaucracy — which can 

sometimes resent congressional 

“meddling” — so that 

you’re helpful without going 

overboard on a constituent’s 

behalf. 

Sometimes, the people 

you’re helping don’t tell the 

whole story. The best you can 

do is ask for fair and prompt 

consideration for their pleas, 

without putting yourself at 

cross-purposes with either the 

law or the federal officials 

you work with daily. 

But none of this is a reason 

to downplay constituent service. 

Because the need is endless. 

I used to set up shop in a 

local post office in my district, 

and was constantly 

amazed at how many people 

would turn out. 

They needed help getting 

their mail delivered properly, 

or tracking a lost Social Security 

check. They were having 

problems with the IRS, or 

getting enrolled for veterans 

benefits. They got confused 

by the overlapping responsibilities 

of different levels of 

government, and needed help 

finding the right person to 

call. 

The point is, these problems 

are constant. I’ve been 

out of public office for over a 

decade, yet the other day a 

neighbor stopped me on the 

street to ask for help speeding 

up a visa application. 

Americans need a point of 

contact with their government. 

If you’re a public official 

— or even an ex-public 

official — get used to the 

idea that you’re it. 

Lee Hamilton is director 

of the Center on Congress 

at Indiana University. He 

was a member of the U.S. 

House of Representatives 

for 34 years. 

You can 

vote 

online at 


Question of the week 

So who is to blame in the stalemate over the 

federal budget as it approaches the ‘fiscal cliff’ if 

a compromise is not reached before Jan. 1? 

1) Republicans 

2) Democats 

3) Both 

Results for most recent question: 

The city of Glencoe has been offered the former 

Mark’s Economart building and property in downtown 

Glencoe for $1 and the payment of its 2013 

property taxes ($14,022). 

Should the city accept the offer? 

1) Yes — 58% 

2) No — 33% 

3) Not sure — 10% 

113 votes. New question runs Dec. 12-24 

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History 

From the Brownton Bulletin archives 

100 Years Ago 

Dec. 20, 1912 

O.C. Conrad, Editor 

Miss Bertha Ostermann had 

the tip of one of her fingers on 

her right hand amputated Tuesday 

by getting it into a meatgrinding 

machine. The tip of the 

finger, including about half the 

nail, was severed entirely. Dr. 

E.L. Maurer replaced the amputated 

part by taking several 

stitches and is in hope of saving 

the tip of the finger for the young 

lady. 

75 Years Ago 

Dec. 23, 1937 

Percy L. Hakes, Editor 

A pretty wedding was solemnized 

Tuesday, Dec. 21, at 2 o’- 

clock in the afternoon when Miss 

Elsia Hilda Redmann, only 

daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry 

Redmann, became the daughter 

of Paul Schweikert of Hamburg, 

at the Lutheran parsonage with 

the Rev. G. Schmidt officiating. 

Mrs. Reka Mielke, who had 

resided in the apartment of the 

Henry Seeland building, was 

found dead in one of her rooms 

Tuesday evening. The Seelands, 

who reside downstairs, heard a 

thump on the floor, and when 

they went up there they found 

her lying dead on the floor. 

A baby daughter was born to 

Mr. and Mrs. Elmer C. Schatz of 

Brownton on Friday, Dec. 17. 

50 Years Ago 

Dec. 20, 1962 

Charles H. Warner, Editor 

Willis R. Matheny, independent 

oil jobber and owner of Matheny 

Oil Co. in Brownton, recently 

assumed ownership of 

Norman Kitzman’s Texaco station 

in Stewart. Willis Matheny’s 

son, Marlan, will manage the station. 

Officers for 1963 were elected 

at Thursday’s meeting of the 

Brownton Rod & Gun Club, and 

include: Wayne Sanken, president; 

Morris Peik, vice president; 

Burton Zimmerman, secretary; 

Martin Lindeman, treasurer; and 

Lowell Block and Orville Rickert, 

directors. 

20 Years Ago 

Dec. 16, 1992 

Lori Copler, Editor 

Seventy-six organizations, individuals 

and businesses have 

donated $171,362 thus far for the 

completion of the new Brownton 

Community Center, according to 

fund-raising chairman Chuck 

Warner. City voters also approved 

a general obligation bond 

of $160,000 toward the new 

building. 

10 Years Ago 

Dec. 18, 2002 

Lori Copler, Editor 

The Bruce and Amy Muetzel 

home in Brownton was the city 

winner of the home holiday 

lighting contest sponsored annually 

by the Brownton Civic & 

Commerce Association, while 

the Cliff and June Bussler home 

won the prize for rural homes. 

Rebecca Ann Stock, 41, of 

Hutchinson, was sentenced to 

two years in jail and seven years 

of probation after pleading guilty 

to manslaughter charges in the 

deaths of three Hutchinson boys, 

who perished when Stock’s 

home caught fire Oct. 1, 2001. 

The three boys included Stock’s 

son, Aaron Pulkrabek, 11; and 

his overnight guests, Adam 

Robinson, 10; and Andrew 

Colmer, 10; who were there to 

celebrate Aaron’s birthday. The 

criminal complaint against Stock 

alleges that she went out to make 

a sale of marijuana and, while 

she was gone, an unattended 

candle caused the fire. The boys 

were asleep at the time. 

From the Stewart Tribune archives 

100 Years Ago 

Dec. 20, 1912 

A.F. Avery, Editor 

The nicest crop of Santa Claus 

whiskers in this locality, we believe, 

can be found on the handsom 

countenance of Buster 

Richards, farmer, stock raiser 

and all-around good citizen. 

Manager Dols and sub-boss 

Waldorf of the local produce 

store were literally swamped 

with Christmas poultry the last 

three days of last week. The avalanche 

kept them working like 

Trojans day and night. Over 

33,000 pounds of turkeys, chickens, 

ducks and geese were received, 

for which the farmers 

tributary to Stewart were paid 

sums which aggregated to 

$5,000. 

75 Years Ago 

Dec. 17, 1937 

Harry Koeppen, Editor 

New officers of the Masonic 

Lodge will be Norm Lenander, 

worthy master; F.R. Headley, 

senior warden; R.F. Barnes, junior 

warden; A.E. Ahlers, senior 

deacon; W.N. Cayott, junior deacon; 

L.A. Hakes, secretary; P.L. 

Schmitz, treasurer; Virgil Plaisance, 

senior steward; E.E. 

Bethke, junior steward. 

New officers for the Eastern 

Star will be Ida Lewin, worthy 

matron; F.C. Lewin, worth patron; 

Esther Lippert, associate 

matron; James Nutter, associate 

patron; Jennie Schmitz, conductress; 

Esther Ahlers, associate 

conductress; Ruth Dunlap, secretary; 

Evelyn Schmitz, treasurer; 

and L.L. Krouss, trustee. 

50 Years Ago 

Dec. 20, 1962 

Kermit T. Hubin, Editor 

The grand opening for the 

new Matheny Oil Co. gas station 

in Stewart, the former Norman 

Kietzman Texaco station, has 

been set for Friday and Saturday, 

Dec. 21 and 22. 

35 Years Ago 

Dec. 22, 1977 

Kermit T. Hubin, Editor 

Ground was broken Tuesday 

for a low-income, eight-unit 

apartment building to be constructed 

by Jerome and Marge 

Streich. 

The basement for the future 

home of the Rev. Henry Sterner 

is going up this week. It is located 

on the lot just south of the 

Clarence Graupmann residence. 

30 Years Ago 

Dec. 23, 1982 

Dave Stoltz, Editor 

The city of Stewart’s application 

for a $258,000 federal grant 

to convert the former St. Boniface 

school and convent into 

apartments has been denied, city 

officials learned Saturday. 

Ed Athmann of Stewart was 

recently elected to the board of 

directors at the Oakdale Country 

Club. The election was held at 

the stockholders meeting on 

Dec. 9. 

Brownton all-school 

reunion set Aug. 10 

Alumni and friends of 

Brownton High School are 

asked to save the date Aug. 

10, 2013. That is when the 

next Brownton all-school reunion 

will be held. 

A mailing is being sent to 

graduates of Brownton High 

School with additional information. 

Graduates of 

McLeod West High School 

also are invited. 

A banquet will be held on 

Aug. 10 at the Brownton 

Area Civic Center. A social 

hour will be held at 5:30 

p.m., meal at 6:30 p.m., followed 

by a program and 

music. 

The reunion is being held 

that weekend in conjunction 

with the Brownton Lions 

Corn Feed and the B.A.R.K. 

(Brownton Area Resources 

for Kids) annual kickball 

tournament, bean bag tournament, 

5K walk, and street 

dance fund-raiser events. 

Information can be found 

on the Brownton All-School 

Reunion facebook page. For 

contact information, call 

507-359-2778 or e-mail 

jkaaj@newulmtel.net. 

Churches 

BEREAN BAPTIST 

Corner of 16th Street and 

Hennepin Avenue, Glencoe 

Johnathon Pixler, 

Interim pastor 

Call 320-864-6113 

Call Jan at 320-864-3387 for 

women’s Bible study 

Wed., Dec. 19 — Women’s Bible 

study, 9 a.m.; service on Glencoe 

Cable Channel 10, 8 p.m. 

Fri., Dec. 21 — Men’s Bible study, 

9 a.m. 

Sun., Dec. 23 — Sunday school 

for all ages, 9 a.m.; worship, 10:20 

a.m.; service on Glencoe Cable Channel 

10, 10:30 a.m. 

CHRIST LUTHERAN 

1820 N. Knight Ave., Glencoe 

Katherine Rood, Pastor 

320-864-4549 

www.christluth.com 

E-mail: office@christluth.com 

Wed., Dec. 19 — Men’s breakfast, 

Bible study, 8 a.m.; televised worship 

on Channel 10, 2 p.m.; bells, 5:30 

p.m.; senior choir, 6 p.m.; confirmation, 

6:30 p.m.; Advent worship service, 

7 p.m.; lay ministry, 8 p.m. 

Thurs., Dec. 20 — Naomi Circle at 

Orchard Estates, 9 a.m.; LTC worship, 

9:30 a.m.; Christmas Eve worship 

helper practice, 7:30 p.m. 

Sun., Dec. 23 — Bell and senior 

choir cantata at 8:15 a.m. and 10:45 

a.m. services; no Sunday school or 

adult education; Skylar Hietala baptism 

at 10:45 a.m. service. 

Mon., Dec. 24 — Church office 

open until noon; Christmas Eve candlelight 

worship service with communion, 

4 p.m. and 6 p.m. 

Tues., Dec. 25 — Church office 

closed; Christmas Day worship, 9 

a.m. 

Wed., Dec. 26 — Televised worship 

on Channel 10, 2 p.m. 

CHURCH OF PEACE 


Joseph Clay, Pastor 

Sun., Dec. 23 — Worship at Peace 

10 a.m.; confirmation class, 9:15 a.m. 

Mon., Dec. 24 — Candlelight 

Christmas Eve service at Peace, 6 

p.m. 

Tues., Dec. 25 — Christmas Day, 

no worship service. 

ST. PIUS X CHURCH 

1014 Knight Ave., Glencoe 

Anthony Stubeda, Pastor 

Wed., Dec. 19 — Morning prayer, 

7 a.m.; Mass, 7:20 a.m.; reconcilation, 

5 p.m.-5:40 p.m.; kindergarten 

through sixth-grade religious education 

classes, 7 p.m.-8 p.m.; sevenththrough 

11th-grade religious education 

classes, 7 p.m.-8:15 p.m. 

Thurs., Dec. 20 — Morning 

prayer, 7 a.m.; Mass, 7:20 a.m. 

Fri., Dec. 21 — Morning prayer, 8 

a.m.; school Mass, 8:20 a.m.; school 

reconcilation, 11 a.m.; reconciliation, 

4 p.m.-5 p.m.; Spanish Mass, 5:30 

p.m.. 

Sat., Dec. 22 — Reconciliation, 

3:30 p.m.; Mass, 5 p.m. 

Sun., Dec. 23 — Fourth Sunday of 

Advent; Mass, 9:30 a.m.; Spanish 

Mass, 11:30 a.m.; religious education 

posada; decorate church for Christmas, 

1:30 p.m.; Mass at Holy Family, 

Silver Lake, 8 p.m. 

Mon., Dec. 24 — School break begins; 

parish offices closed; Mass, 4 

p.m.; Spanish Mass, 6 p.m. 

Tues., Dec. 25 — Mass, 10 a.m. 

Wed., Dec. 26 — No Mass, 7:20 

a.m.; no school; parish offices closed; 

no religious education classes. 

FIRST CONGREGATIONAL 

CHURCH UCC 

1400 Elliott Ave., Glencoe 

Rev. Linzy Collins Jr., Pastor 

E-mail: congoucc@gmail.com 

Wed., Dec. 19 — Circles meet; 

choir practice, 6:30 p.m. 

Sun., Dec. 23 — Worship, 9:15 

a.m.; no Sunday school; deacons 

meeting. 


Christmas Eve service, 7 p.m. 

FIRST EVANGELICAL 

LUTHERAN 


Daniel Welch, Senior Pastor 

Ronald L. Mathison, 

Associate Pastor 

320-864-5522 

www.firstglencoe.org 

E-mail: office@firstglencoe.org 

Wed., Dec. 19 — Public school 

confirmation, 3:30 p.m.; Christ 

Chimes, 4 p.m.; Gospel Ringers, 6 

p.m.; senior choir, 6:15 p.m.; FLS 

children’s Christmas program, 7 p.m. 

Thurs., Dec. 20 — Christmas caroling, 

7 p.m.; church council, 7 p.m. 

Sun., Dec. 23 — Worship, 8 a.m.; 

fellowship, 9 a.m.; Sunday school, 

9:15 a.m.; worship with communion, 

10:30 a.m.; Spanish worship, 6 p.m. 

Mon., Dec., 24 — Church office 

closed; Christmas worship, 2 p.m.; 

Christmas candlelight worship, 7 p.m. 

and 11 p.m. 

Tues., Dec. 25 — Church office 

closed; Christmas Day worship with 

communion, 9 a.m.; KDUZ live radio 

broadcast. 

Wed., Dec. 26 — No public school 

confirmation; no handbells. 

GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN 

Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod 

1407 Cedar Ave. N., Glencoe 

Rev. James F. Gomez, Pastor 

Matthew Harwell, 

Director of Christian Education 

E-mail: office@gslcglencoe.org 

Wed., Dec. 19 — Kids Praise, 3:15 

p.m.; “God Came Near,” a special 

reading for GRHS-LTC, 4 p.m.; Advent 

worship, 7 p.m.; F3, 7:45 p.m. 

Thurs., Dec. 20 — “God Came 

Near,” special reading at GRHS-LTC, 

4 p.m.; Christmas caroling, 5:30 p.m. 

Fri., Dec. 21 — “God Came 

Near,” special reading at GRHS-LTC, 

4 p.m.. 

Sun., Dec. 23 — Choir, 7:45 a.m.; 

worship, 9 a.m.; family education 

hour, Chrismon making, 10:15 a.m.; 

no LIVE. 

Mon., Dec. 24 — Office open, 8 

a.m.-noon; Christmas Eve candlelight 

worship, 7 p.m. 

Tues., Dec. 25 — Christmas worship 

with communion, 9 a.m.; office 

closed. 

ST. JOHN’S 

EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN 

4505 80th St., Helen Township 

Glencoe 

Dennis Reichow, Pastor 

Wed., Dec. 19 — Fifth- and sixthgrade 

catechism, 3:45 p.m.; seventhand 

eighth-grade catechism, 4:45 

p.m.; chimes, 6:30 p.m.; choir, 7:30 

p.m. 

Thurs., Dec. 20 — Sunday school 

teachers meeting, 7 p.m. 


Sunday school, 10 a.m. 

Mon., Dec. 24 — Christmas Eve 


Tues., Dec. 25 — Christmas praise 

worship, 9 a.m. 

GRACE LUTHERAN 

8638 Plum Ave., Brownton 

Andrew Hermodson-Olsen, Pastor 

E-mail: 

Pastor@GraceBrownton.org 

www.gracebrownton.org 

Wed., Dec. 19 — No confirmation 

class; choir practice, 7 p.m. 

Sun., Dec. 23 — Worship with 

communion, 8:45 a.m.; no Sunday 

school. 

Mon., Dec. 24 — Worship, 5 p.m.; 

no worship broadcast. 

Tues., Dec. 25 — Christmas Eve 

worship broadcast, 9 a.m.; cantata 

broadcast, 11 a.m.; Sunday school 

program broadcast, noon. 

IMMANUEL LUTHERAN 

700 Division St., Brownton 

R. Allan Reed, Pastor 

www.immanuelbrownton.org 

Wed., Dec. 19 — Bible study with 

pastor, 9 a.m.; confirmation classes, 4 

p.m.; chapel worship with communion, 

6:30 p.m.; no bell or vocal choir 

practice. 

Sun., Dec. 23 — Children’s worship, 

10 a.m.; register for Dec. 24 

communion; Channel 8 video; no 

Bible study; no Sunday school. 


worship, 6:30 p.m. 

Tues., Dec. 25 — Christmas worship, 

9 a.m. 

Wed., Dec. 26 — No Noah’s Ark 

Preschool classes. 

CONGREGATIONAL 

Division St., Brownton 

Barry Marchant, Interim Pastor 

browntoncongregational.org 


Bible study and Sunday school, 10 

a.m. 



ST. PAUL’S LUTHERAN 

Stewart 

Robert Lehner, Pastor 

Wed., Dec. 19 — Seventh-grade 

confirmation, 3:30 p.m.; eighth-grade 

confirmation, 5:30 p.m.; church 

council, 7 p.m. 

Sun., Dec. 23 — Sunday school, 9 

a.m.; worship, 10 a.m. 


candlelight worship with communion, 

6:30 p.m. 


with communion, 9:30 a.m. 

Wed., Dec. 26 — WELCA 

sewing, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. 

ST. BONIFACE CATHOLIC 

Stewart 

Wed., Dec. 19 — Mass, 9 a.m.; 

reconciliation, 6:30 p.m. 

Thurs., Dec. 20 — Mass, 9 a.m. 

Sun., Dec. 23 — Mass, 9:15 a.m. 

Mon., Dec. 24 — Mass, 7 p.m. 

Wed., Dec. 26 — No Mass. 

ST. MATTHEW’S LUTHERAN 

Fernando 

Aaron Albrecht, pastor 

No calendar submitted. 

ST. JOHN’S CHURCH 

13372 Nature Ave. (rural Biscay) 

Robert Taylor, pastor 

320-587-5104 

Sun., Dec. 23 — No Sunday 

school; worship, 10:30 a.m. 



CROSSROADS CHURCH 

10484 Bell Ave., Plato 

Scott and Heidi Forsberg, pastors 

320-238-2181 

www.mncrossroads.org 

Wed., Dec. 19 — Youth and adult 

activities night, 7 p.m. 

Sun., Dec. 23 — Worship, 10 a.m. 

ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN 

216 McLeod Ave. N., Plato 

Bruce Laabs, Pastor 

320-238-2550 

E-mail: stjlplato@embarqmail.com 

www.christ-4-u.org 

Wed., Dec. 19 — Youth choir 

practice, 5 p.m.; Midweek, 6 p.m. 

Thurs., Dec. 20 — Bible study, 

8:45 a.m.; bulletin deadline. 

Sun., Dec. 23 — “Time of Grace,” 

TV Channel 9, 6:30 a.m.; childtren’s 

Christmas program, 9 a.m.; fellowship 

gathering, 10 a.m. 

Mon., Dec. 24 — Youth choir concert, 

4 p.m.; Christmas Eve worship, 

5 p.m. 


with communion, 9 a.m.; no 

prayer meeting. 

Wed., Dec. 26 — No Midweek; 

newsletter deadline. 

ST. PAUL’S UNITED CHURCH 

OF CHRIST 

308 First St. N.E., Plato 

Bill Baldwin, Pastor 

www.platochurch.com 

Wed., Dec. 19 — Office open, 9 

a.m.; men’s coffee, 9 a.m.; confirmation 

class, 5 p.m.; adult choir, 6 p.m.; 

youth fellowship, 6:30 p.m. 

Fri., Dec. 21 — Office open, 9 

a.m. 

Sun., Dec. 23 — Sunday school, 

8:30 a.m.; Advent worship, 10 a.m.; 

fellowship, 11 a.m. 


children’s pageant, 7 p.m. 

Wed., Dec. 26 — Office closed. 

IMMANUEL EVANGELICAL 

LUTHERAN 

New Auburn 

Bradley Danielson, Pastor 

E-mail: immanuellc@yahoo.com 

Wed., Dec. 19 — Seventh-grade 

confirmation, 4 p.m.; eighth-grade 

confirmation, 5 p.m.; building committee, 

7 p.m. 


fellowship time, 10 a.m.; Sunday 

school, 10:15 a.m. 

GRACE BIBLE CHURCH 

300 Cleveland Ave., Silver Lake 

Dr. Tom Rakow, Pastor 

320-327-2352 

http://silverlakechurch.org 

Wed., Dec. 19 — Christmas program 

rehearsal, 6 p.m.; prayer time, 7 

p.m. 

Sun., Dec. 23 — “First Light” 

radio broadcast on KARP 106.9 FM, 

7:30 a.m.; pre-service prayer time, 

9:15 a.m.; worship service, 9:30 

a.m.; Sunday school and Christmas 

program practice, 10:35 a.m. 


program, 4 p.m. 

Tues., Dec. 25 — Christmas 

morning service, 9:30 a.m. 

Wed., Dec. 26 — No services. 

Dial-A-Bible Story, 320-327- 

2843. 

FAITH PRESBYTERIAN 

108 W. Main St., Silver Lake 

320-327-2452 / Fax 320-327-6562 

E-mail: 

faithfriends@embarqmail.com 

You may be able to reach someone 

at the church every Tuesday through 

Friday. Don’t hesitate to come in (use 

church office door) or call, or e-mail 

at faithfriends@embarqmail.com. 

Wed., Dec. 19 — Light supper, 

5:30 p.m.; WOW classes, 6 p.m.; 

choir practice, 7 p.m. 

Sun., Dec. 23 — Worship, 10 

a.m.; coffee fellowship to follow 

service. 


communion service, 5 p.m. 

Tues., Dec. 25 — Christmas Day 

worship service, 10 a.m.; Christmas 

potluck dinner, 11:30 a.m. 

HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC 

CHURCH 

712 W. Main St., Silver Lake 

Anthony Stubeda, Pastor 

Wed., Dec. 19 — Mass, 5 p.m.; 

first- through sixth-grade religious 

education classes, 5:30 p.m.; sevenththrough 

11th-grade religious education 

classes, 7:15 p.m. 

Thurs., Dec. 20 — Rosary at 

Cedar Crest, 10:10 a.m.; Mass at 

Cedar Crest, 10:30 a.m.; adult choir 

practice, 6:30 p.m. 

Fri., Dec. 21 — Mass, 8 a.m. 

Sat. Dec. 22 — Reconciliation, 5 

p.m.; Mass, 6:30 p.m. 

Sun., Dec. 23 — Mass, 8 a.m. and 

8 p.m. 

Mon., Dec. 24 — Parish offices 

closed; Christmas vigil Mass, 4 p.m.; 

midnight Christmas Mass, midnight. 

Tues., Dec. 25 — Christmas 

Mass, 8 a.m. 

Wed., Dec. 26 — Rosary followed 

by communion service at Cokato 

Manor, 9:30 a.m. 

FRIEDEN’S COUNTY LINE 

11325 Zebra Ave., Norwood 

Joseph Clay, Pastor 

Sun., Dec. 23 — Worship at Peace 

10 a.m.; confirmation class, 9:15 a.m. 


Christmas Eve service at Peace, 6 

p.m. 

Tues., Dec. 25 — Christmas Day, 

no worship service. 

THE CHURCH OF JESUS 

CHRIST OF LATTER DAY 

SAINTS 

770 School Rd., Hutchinson 

Kenneth Rand, Branch President 

320-587-5665 

Wed., Dec. 19 — Young men and 

women (12-18 years old) and scouting, 

7 p.m.-8:30 p.m. 

Sun., Dec. 23 — Sunday school, 

10:50 a.m.-11:30 a.m.; priesthood, relief 

society and primary, 11:40 a.m.- 

12:30 p.m. 

WATER OF LIFE CHURCH 

IGLESIA METODISTA LIBRE 

Clinica del Alma 


Spanish/bi-lingual services 

Nestor and Maria German, Pastors 

E-mail: 

nestor2maria@hotmail.com 

Sun., Dec. 23 — Worship, 2 p.m. 

ST. PETER 

LUTHERAN CHURCH 

77 Second Ave. S. 

Corner C.R. 1 and Second St. S., 

Lester Prairie 

David R. Erbel, pastor 


Sunday school and Bible study, 10:15 

a.m. 

SHALOM BAPTIST CHURCH 

1215 Roberts Rd. S.W., Hutchinson 

Rick Stapleton, Senior pastor 

Adam Krumrie, Worship pastor 

Wed., Dec. 19 — Release time for 

grades 2-5, 9 a.m.; AWANA, 6:30 

p.m.; middle school youth group, 

6:30 p.m.; senior high youth group, 

7:30 p.m. 

Thurs., Dec. 20 — Senior high 

lunch, 11 a.m.; worship team, 6 p.m. 

Sun., Dec. 23 — Worship, 9 a.m. 

and 10:30 a.m.; grief share, 2 p.m. 


worship, 4:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. 

WARNING 

THIN 

ICE! 

The Lake Marion 

Aeration system will 

soon be in operation. 

Locations: 

Collins Township. 

T-115-116N 

Range 30 West 

Sections 1, 12, 13, 36 

F51-52C52-53Ga 

Thurs., Dec. 20 — AA Group Mtg. next to Post 

Office in Stewart, 8 p.m., call 320-212-5290 for 

info.; Stewart Lions. 

Mon., Dec. 24 — CHRISTMAS EVE; Tops 

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People 

Daughter born to Wurm family 

Lance and Emily Wurm of Silver Lake announce the 

birth of their daughter, Kayzley LouAnn Wurm, on Dec. 

1, 2012, at Hutchinson Community Hospital. Kayzley 

weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces, and was 19 inches in 

length. Her older sister is Kylin, and grandparents are 

James and Marlene Wurm of Maple Lake and Duane and 

Linda Neu of Sauk Rapids. 

Willems among graduates 

Jason Willems of Lester Prairie will be among the Dec. 

20 graduates of Minnesota State University-Moorhead. 

Willems, a graduate of Central High School in Norwood 

Young America, earned a bachelor of science degree in 

operations management at MSU-Moorhead. 

Schmidts announce birth 

Matt and Angie Schmidt of Hutchinson announce the 

birth of their son, Weston Robert, on Dec. 7, 2012, at 

Hutchinson Community Hospital. Weston weighed 7 

pounds, 3 ounces, and was 20 inches long. He joins older 

siblings Rolin and Braxton. Grandparents are Roger and 

LuAnn Schmidt of Glencoe and Lynn and Lucinda Nelson 

of Hutchinson. 

16th child born to Roots 

Troy and Heidi Root Sr. of Hutchinson announce the 

birth of their 16th child, Brielle Montana, on Dec. 6, 

2012, at Hutchinson Community Hospital. Brielle 

weighed 8 pounds, 12 ounces, and was 19-3/4 inches 

long. Her older siblings are Jordan, Brandon, Troy Jr., 

Whitney, Savanna, Cheyenne, Destiny, Mariah, Preston, 

Alexis, Mallory, Parker, Krystin, Jackson and Alana. 

Grandparents are Patricia and James Haagenson of 

Watkins, the late Larry Root and Rosemary Zitzloff of 

Winsted and the late Edward Zitzloff. 

Daughter for Orsua family 

Benjamin and Carolyn Orsua of Alamogordo, N.M., 

announce the birth of their daughter, Grace Kay, on Nov. 

30, 2012, at Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center. 

Grace weighed 7 pounds, 7 ounces, and was 19 inches in 

length. Her older brothers are Joseph and David. Grandparents 

are Loren and Jill Busse of Arlington and Tammy 

Peterson of Biwabik. Great-grandparents are Orville and 

Dorothy Busse of Arlington, Sid and Joanne Samuelson 

of Glencoe and Tom and Sandra Giesen of Excelsior. 

Lincoln Junior High 

names honor rolls 

Lincoln Junior High recently 

announced its firsttrimester 

honor rolls. The following 

students were honored 

for their academic 

achievements: 

A Honor Roll 

Seventh grade: Uilleam 

Armstrong, Jacob Blahowski, 

Gregory Boyum, Jessica 

Brelje, Aaron Castillo, Kyle 

Christensen, Zoe Christensen, 

Joseph Lawver-Cullen, 

Mackenzie Davis, Ashley 

Dreier, Madeline Dressel, 

Alexa Dubuc, Dallas Durbin, 

Jaecub Fondurulia, Audrey 

Forcier, Peter Gepson, 

Alexandra Hansch, Allie 

Harpel, Zackary Herout, 

Karsen Howard, Emmi Jerabek, 

Connor Kantack, Mariah 

Koester, Jamie Koski, 

Nicholas Lange, Rebecca 

Lieser, Paige Litzau, Mckenna 

Monahan, Kylie Ness, 

Austin Pinske, Laura Popelka, 

Cody Raduenz, Taryn Reichow, 

Dylan Richter, Jakob 

Rusten, Ellie Schmidt, Abigail 

Schmieg, Nicole Seevers, 

Theresa Siers, Carsen 

Streich and Sierra Trebesch. 

Eighth grade: Ashley 

Bandemer, Jordan Briedenbach, 

Cameron Chap, Jacob 

Fehrenbach, Devin Fleck, 

Brandon Fronk, Shawna 

Goettl, Erica Hecksel, Amanda 

Husted, Jordan Kaczmarek, 

Hannah Kunkel, Cora 

Kuras, Jayden Lachermeier, 

Marisa Luchsinger, Brittney 

Medina, Madison Monahan, 

Maggie Petersen, Kole 

Polzin, Rachael Popp, Rachel 

Reichow, Matthew Sanchez, 

Nicholas Schmidt, Dini 

Schweikert, Joseph Torgerson, 

Katherine Twiss, Jacob 

Vasek and Teanna Vorlicek. 

B Honor Roll 

Seventh grade: Abisai 

Sanchez Anderson, Dakotah 

Beckmann, Eduardo Blanco, 

Ashley Brandt, Cadi Brooks, 

Grace Draeger, Alyssa Ebert, 

John Eiden, Nicholas Fenner, 

Tony Fischer, Evan Foley, 

Mickalyn Frahm, Alex Ide, 

Madelynn Kjenstad, Colbie 

Kuras, Spencer Lepel, Militza 

Medina, Will Micholichek, 

Regina Moosbrugger, 

Benjamin Olson, Blake 

Ortloff, Cassondra Perschau, 

Joseph Richards, Alexis 

Sanchez, Rylie Schafer, Cassandra 

Shemanek, Tyler 

Siewert, Adam Thalmann, 

Mackenzie Wendolek and 

Ethan Wraspir. 

Eighth grade: Kelli Bailey, 

Sarah Bandas, Mitchell 

Boesche, Deanna Bondhus, 

Kenzie Bulau, Molli Cacka, 

Marlaina Chelman, Tanner 

Chmielewski, Justin Dose, 

Tatum Engelke, Daria Fegley, 

Luke Frahm, Hunter Glaeser, 

Miranda Grack, Matthew 

Heineman, Connor Heuer, 

Catherine Holtz, Justin 

Jimenez, Marissa Kirchoff, 

Dalton Kosek, Ashley 

Lawrence, Jacob Litzau, 

Leah Litzau, Nicole Llovera, 

Isabell Mallak, Grayson 

Maresh, Michael Meyer, 

Jacob Mohr, Michaela Neyers, 

Brandi Pikal, Jenaya Posusta, 

Faith Rakow, Macy 

Rhodes, Mitchell Rolf, Roxanna 

Sanchez, Sarah 

Schmieg, Austin Schroepfer, 

Nathan Schuch, Jacob Simons, 

Hannah Stifter, Hanna 

Stuedemann, Destiny Senn- 

Talbot, Eric Villnow, Samantha 

Voigt, Kyle Wanous, 

Alexis Wildey and Chance 

Wildey. 

Kindergartners give to Toys For Tots 

Three of the kindergarten classes at Helen Baker Elementary 

gathered in the gym to give their donations 

to the Toys for Tots program. The toys and other donations 

were collected and delivered Friday to an Old 

Navy drop site in the Twin Cities. The other two 

GSL FFA 

awarded 

grant 

The Minnesota FFA Foundation 

announced the 2012 

Legacy Club Grant recipients, 

including the Glencoe- 

Silver Lake FFA chapter. 

“We were honored to receive 

this grant,” said Becky 

Haddad, GSL FFA adviser, 

“and the money will be used 

for obtaining technology to 

ramp up our Supervised 

Agriculture Experience program 

and FFA.” 

Established in 2012, the 

Legacy Club is comprised of 

individuals who desire to see 

strong FFA programs. 

“FFA works to develop its 

member’s premier leadership, 

personal growth and career 

success through agricultural 

education and the FFA. 

Strong FFA programs begin 

at the chapter level and we 

desire to support that 

growth,” said executive director, 

Val Aarsvold. 

In its first year, the Minnesota 

FFA Foundation 

awarded grants totaling 

$25,000 to 23 chapters across 

the state. Chapters will utilize 

these funds to improve technology 

for their program, 

hold leadership training, purchase 

chapter FFA jackets, 

conduct community outreach 

efforts and obtain materials 

to prepare their members for 

career development events. 

“It takes the involvement 

of many to support strong 

agricultural education programs. 

We encourage more 

people to join us in this important 

effort. FFA and agricultural 

education programs 

help train young people for 

the many careers in agriculture,” 

said Michael Dove, 

past chair, Minnesota FFA 

Foundation. 

Interested individuals are 

asked to donate $1,000 towards 

the Legacy Club. This 

donation can be made in one 

to four years. For more information 

about the Minnesota 

FFA Foundation’s Legacy 

Club, contact Aarsvold at 

507-534-0188 or visit its 

website at www.mnffafoundation.org 

. 

The Minnesota FFA Foundation 

partners with individuals 

and businesses to provide 

resources that promote and 

enhance premier leadership, 

personal growth and career 

success for Minnesota youth 

in Agricultural Education. 

Barott presented official FFA jacket by foundation 

Glencoe-Silver Lake FFA 

chapter member Kirsten 

Barott was presented an official 

FFA jacket by the Minnesota 

FFA Foundation recently. 

“Kirsten is certainly a deserving 

recipient,” said 

Becky Haddad, GSL FFA adviser. 

“She is an outgoing 

student who has taken membership 

in FFA and run with 

it. She takes every opportunity 

to get involved and better 

our chapter.” 

As Minnesota FFA welcomes 

thousands of young 

people into membership, the 

Minnesota FFA Foundation 

has announced the recipients 

of the Blue Jacket Bright Futures 

program. 

The program provides 

sponsored FFA jackets to 

Minnesota youth who are 

starting their FFA career. 

This is the fourth year the 


has offered the program. 

“This program is valuable 

as it provides students with a 

jacket for their FFA involvement. 

Having a jacket provides 

a real sense of pride,” 

said Minnesota FFA’s Leadership 

Development Coordinator 

Leah Addington. “FFA 

plays an important role in the 

development of leaders that 

serve their local school and 

the agricultural community as 

a whole.” 

“The jacket is a symbol of 

tradition and pride for those 

who have worn the official 

FFA jacket. Many past members 

have sponsored jackets, 

but it’s not uncommon for individuals 

and companies to 

sponsor jackets because they 

appreciate what the organization 

does to develop young 

leaders,” said Val Aarsvold, 


executive director. 

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Obituaries 

Janet L. Ellingson, 88, Everett, Wash. 

A private family service 

was held Dec. 7 and a celebration 

of life on Dec. 8 for 

Janet Louise (Schrupp) 

Ellingson, 88, of Everett, 

Wash. The celebration of life 

was held at Delta Community 

Baptist Church in Everett. 

Mrs. Ellingson died peacefully 

into her Lord’s arms on 

Nov. 23, 2012, in Everett. 

Janet Louise Schrupp was 

born April 16, 1924, in Glencoe, 

to Henry and Alice 

Schrupp, the third of four 

daughters. She attended 

school in Glencoe. 

After graduation, she studied 

vocal music for two years 

at the Minnesota Conservatory 

of Music. She had a beautiful 

soprano voice and 

throughout her life was requested 

to sing at various 

functions, including weddings 

and other social events. 

Janet Schrupp married 

Clarence Ellingson, who was 

in the Navy, on April 21, 

1946, in Glencoe, and proceeded 

to travel to both 

coasts, following wherever 

her husband was sent by the 

Ruth Erna Grewe, 92, of Gibbon 

Ruth Erna Grewe, 92, of 

Gibbon, died peacefully at 

her daughter and son-in-law’s 

home in Cold Spring the 

evening of Friday, Dec. 7, 

2012. 

Funeral 

services 

were held 

on Saturday, 

Dec. 15, at 

St. Peter’s 

Lutheran 

Church, 

Moltke 

Township, 

Sibley 

Ruth Grewe 

County, with the Rev. Harold 

Storm officiating. 

Burial followed in the 

church cemetery. 

Ruth Erna Lindeman was 

the second child born to Emil 

and Edith (Schwarzrock) Lindeman 

on Dec. 24, 1919, in 

Penn Township, McLeod 

County. She was baptized on 

Jan. 18, 1920, by the Rev. 

George Diemer at St. 

Matthew’s Lutheran Church, 

Penn Township. Her sponsors 

were Aunt Erna (Mrs. Albert) 

Schwarzrock, friend and 

neighbor Alma Schuette 

(Mrs. Albert) Spaude, and 

cousin Theodore Draeger. 

In 1924, at the age of 5, she 

moved with her family to the 

village of New Auburn. 

There she attended Metcalf 

School through sixth grade, 

until the family moved to 

Brownton in Spring 1931. 

She attended Brownton Public 

Schools and graduated 

from Brownton High School 

in 1937 with 15 other classmates. 

She was confirmed on 

March 25, 1934, by the Rev. 

C.H. Kowalske at St. 

Matthew’s Lutheran Church, 

now known as Grace Lutheran 

Church in Brownton. Before 

marriage, she was a 

switchboard operator, a waitress 

and a domestic worker at 

several family farms. 

On Dec. 20, 1942, Ruth 

Lindeman married Waldemar 

“Wally” Grewe of Gibbon at 

the Immanuel Lutheran parsonage 

in Brownton, by the 

Rev. Gerhard Schmidt. Attendants 

were Ray Lindeman 

and Ruth Bentz. As was customary 

in those days, the 

couple resided with Henry 

and Louisa Grewe, Waldemar’s 

parents, for the first 8- 

1/2 years of marriage, until 

they moved into their newly 

erected home in Moltke 

Township in 1951. 

Mrs. Grewe was a member 

of St. Peter’s Lutheran 

Church and an honorary 

member of LWML, holding 

past secretary and president 

offices. She also was a past 

member of St. Peter’s mixed 

choir. 

Within her community, 

Mrs. Grewe had membership 

in and was past president of 

the Gibbon Golden Age Club. 

She also was an adult leader 

of the Moltke Happy Hustlers 

Navy. 

During this time, her four 

children were born, all in different 

states. 

When her husband retired 

from the Navy, Mrs. Ellingson 

stayed at home until her 

children were in school and 

then worked at a variety of 

jobs. These included the Boy 

Scouts of America, executive 

secretary in the athletic office 

of the Everett School District 

and as a rental officer for the 

Everett Housing Authority 

until her retirement. 

The Ellingsons were members 

of Central Christian 

Church; Mrs. Ellingson was 

in the choir and Mr. Ellingson 

a deacon. They also were 

youth leaders for years. 

Mrs. Ellingson also was a 

PTA president at Hawthorne 

Elementary School and a 

Campfire Girls youth leader. 

Throughout the years, Mrs. 

Ellingson was supportive of 

her children’s many activities 

in school and otherwise. 

She loved being outdoors 

tending her gardens and takling 

many day trips in the 

4-H Club. At the county 

level, she was a past treasurer 

of the Sibley County Extension. 

Other volunteer work at 

this level included being on 

the board of directors of the 

Sibley County Food Share. 

She was also a past secretary 

of the Sibley County coordinating 

committee and a past 

president of the Sibley County 

Aging Council. 

In 1992, Mrs. Grewe was 

chosen Sibley County Outstanding 

Senior Citizen and 

represented the county at the 

Minnesota State Fair. At the 

state level, she was a past 

secretary and past president 

of the Minnesota State Soil 

and Water Conservation Districts 

Auxiliary. 

For most of Mrs. Grewe’s 

adult life, she resided and 

worked with her husband on 

their farm, tilled the soil for 

cash crops and specialized in 

quality egg production. 

The Grewes established 

their farm site, planting many 

trees and erecting buildings 

to house farm implements, 

grain and thousands of chickens. 

The couple met at a dance 

in Buffalo Lake, and dancing 

was something they enjoyed 

together for many years. 

Mrs. Grewe will be remembered 

for her homecooked 

Thanksgiving feasts 

and her professional-looking 

embroidery projects and 

hand-stitched quilts. 

Education was very important 

to her, as well as being 

civically informed. She listened 

to WCCO and MPR 

until the last days of her life. 

Mrs. Grewe thoroughly enjoyed 

little children and was 

the best grandma and greatgrandma. 

She loved the arts 

and enjoyed watching and listening 

to her children and 

grandchildren perform musically, 

theatrically, giving presentations, 

or participating in 

sporting events. 

Mrs. Grewe loved to travel 

and experience new things. 

She was always delighted to 

meet people and was a wonderful 

conversationalist. 

Consistent with her German 

heritage, Mrs. Grewe enjoyed 

Menus 

Dec. 24-28 

Millie Beneke Manor 

Senior Nutrition Site 

Monday — Closed. 

Tuesday — Closed. Merry 

Christmas! 

Wednesday — Beef tips with 

gravy, mashed potatoes, broccoli, 

bread, margarine, peaches, lowfat 

milk. 

Thursday — Roast turkey, 

mashed potatoes with gravy, 

green beans, stuffing, cranberries, 

garnish, pumpkin dessert, 

low-fat milk. 

Friday — Sloppy joe, ovenbrowned 

potatoes, country-blend 

vegetables, bun, margarine, orange, 

low-fat milk. 

Christmas break at all public and 

parochial schools. 

area. 

Survivors include her four 

children, Judy of Everett, 

Wash., Melody (Wallace) Anhalt 

of Marysville, Roby of 

Marysville and David 

(Lynette) Ellingson of Sultan, 

Wash.; five grandchildren, 

Chase (Chy) Burns of Stanwood, 

Wash., Katie and 

Kendall Burns of Marysville 

and Amber and Kersti Ellingson 

of Sioux Falls, S.D.; one 

great-granddaughter, McKenna 

Burns of Marysville; one 

great-grandson, Emmit Burns 

of Stanwood; sister, Gretchen 

Gullickson of Chippewa 

Falls, Wis.; numerous nieces 

and nephews in nine states. 

Preceding her in death 

were her husband, Clarence, 

in 1977; parents, Henry and 

Alice Schrupp; and two sisters, 

Kathy Miller and Betty 

Geiselhart of Minnesota. 

A guest book can be found 

at www.floralhillslynnwood. 

com. The Purdy & Walters at 

Floral Hills in Lynnwood, 

Wash., handled arrangements. 

her sweets and her favorite 

was maple nut ice cream. She 

will be greatly missed by 

those who knew and loved 

her. 

Survivors include her two 

daughters, one son, and their 

spouses, Bette (Duane) Kuss 

of Cold Spring, Dr. Kathryn 

Kelly (John Stahl) of Olivia 

and Fredrick “Fred” (Vicky) 

Grewe of Gibbon; six grandsons 

and one granddaughter, 

Dan (Alisa) Grewe of Falcon 

Heights, Darren Grewe of 

New Ulm, Darrick (fiancé 

Kristen) Grewe of Golden 

Valley, Daylen Grewe of 

Mankato, Lee (Sarah) Kelly 

of St. Cloud, and Samuel 

Kuss and Lillie Kuss of Cold 

Spring; 10 great-grandchildren 

survive, as well as step 

grandchildren and step greatgrandchildren; 

a sister-in-law, 

Dorothy Lindeman of Glencoe; 

as well as nieces and 

nephews. 

Preceding her in death 

were her husband Waldemar 

on Jan. 31, 1997; her parents; 

sister, Lorraine Lindeman; 

three brothers, Harry, Martin 

and Ray Lindeman; three sisters-in-law, 

three brothers-inlaw, 

and one son-in-law, 

Pearl Lindeman, Vera Ferencik, 

Irene Grewe, John 

Grewe, Edwin Grewe, Andy 

Ferencik and Robert “Bob” 

Kelly. 

The Minnesota Valley Funeral 

Home in Gibbon handled 

arrangements. To leave 

an online condolence for her 

family or to sign the guest 

book go to www.mvfh.org. 

In Loving 

Memory of 

Omer Lentsch 

who passed away 

December 25, 2010 

Take time to grieve 

and yes to weep. 

But cherish sweet memories 

For those you will keep. 

Do not forget 

Though it now makes you sad. 

For someday remembering 

Will again make you glad... 

Lillian Lentsch and family 

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Thank You 

The family of Marvin Neumann 

would like to extend their thanks 

to everyone for all the flowers, 

support, phone calls, visits, kind 

deeds, food donations, monetary 

donations, and flowers. We would 

also like to thank the sheriff’s 

Dept., Winsted Police Depts., Winsted 

First Responders, and the 

Ridgeview Ambulance at the time 

of the death of my husband, and 

our father. Special thanks to Father 

Schumacher and the Chilson Funeral 

Home for their kind words 

and support at this difficult time. 

Also thanks to Alice Nowak for 

the music, and Ladies of the CCW 

for the luncheon after the funeral. 

I would also like to express a very 

special thank you to all of my children 

and their families for their 

love, support and care. 

Marietta Neumann, James (Jackie) 

Neumann, Linda Dworshak, 

Victoria (Phil) Marketon, Carol 

(Rick) Dangers, JoAnn (John) Klein, 

Jerome Neumann, Marvin (Sherrie) 

Neumann, Joseph (Layla) 

Neumann, Philip (Stacie) Neumann, 

and Donna (Joseph) Morang. 

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Earl R. Mielke, 78, of New Germany 

Funeral services for Earl 

Robert Mielke, 78, of New 

Germany, were held Tuesday, 

Dec. 18, at St. Paul Evangelical 

Lutheran Church in Lester 

Prairie. The 

Rev. Eric 

Nelson officiated. 

M r . 

Mielke died 

Wednesday, 

Dec. 12, 

2012, at the 

G o o d 

Samaritan 

Care Center 

in Waconia. 

Marsha Christenson was 

the organist and soloist 

Ralph Prehn sang “The 

Lord’s Prayer.” Congregational 

hymns were “A Mighty 

Fortress is Our God,” “My 

Hope is Built on Nothing 

Less,” “On Eagle’s Wings” 

and “O Come, O Come 

Emanuel.” 

Pallbearers were Paul Robideau, 

Mark Schurmann, 

David Bergmann, 60, of Minnetrista 

David William Bergmann, 

60, of Minnetrista, died 

Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012, at 

Blake Medical Center in 

Bradenton, Fla. 

Memorial 

of Christian 

Burial will 

be held Friday, 

Jan. 4, 

at 3 p.m. 

(visitation) 

and service 

at 4 p.m. at 

M o u n t 

Olivet West 

Lutheran 

Church in 

Victoria. 

Earl Mielke 

David W. 

Bergmann 

Mr. Bergmann was born 

Feb. 6, 1952, in Glencoe, to 

Raymond and Mabel 

Bergmann. He grew up in 

Hamburg, attended Central 

High School in Norwood and 

later studied electrical construction 

and design at Dunwoody 

Institute. 

Merry Christmas 

From Heaven 

In loving memory of 

Linda, Eldor, Al, Staci, 

Carol, Jim, Brianna, 

Benjamin, Ricky & Dean. 

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I still hear the songs 

I still see the lights 

I still feel our love 

on cold wintry nights 

I still share your hopes 

and all of your cares 

I’ll even remind you 

to please say your prayers 

I just want to tell you 

you still make me proud 

You stand head and shoulders 

above all the crowd 

Keep trying each moment 

to stay in His grace 

I came here before you 

to help set your place 

You don’t have to be 

perfect all of the time 

He forgives you the slip 

if you continue the climb 

To my family and friends 

please be thankful today 

I’m still close beside you 

in a new special way 

I love you all dearly 

now don’t shed a tear 

Cause I’m spending my 

Christmas with Jesus this year. 

Author: John Wm. Mooney, Jr. 

With love, 

Mertle Mathews & families 

Dean Schurmann and Rick 

Lyzhoft. Interment was in the 

church cemetery. 

Mr. Mielke was born Sept. 

15, 1934, in Watertown, to 

Emil and Bertha (Dennin) 

Mielke. He was baptized as 

an infant on Oct. 7, 1934, by 

the Rev. Ernst at St. John’s 

Lutheran Church in Hollywood, 

and confirmed in his 

faith as a youth on March 21, 

1948, by the Rev. R.A. Ritz 

at St. Paul Evangelical 


Prairie. He received his education 

in Lester Prairie and 

was a graduate of the Lester 

Prairie High School class of 

1952. He was awarded, from 

the State Council of Minnesota 

Colleges, the honor of 

“highest-ranking boy in the 

class of 1952.” 

Mr. Mielke made his home 

in New Germany on his 

grandfather’s farm, which 

was purchased in 1905. His 

life’s work and passion was 

farming on that family farm. 

Mr. Mielke was a member 

at St. Paul Evangelical 


Prairie. 

He enjoyed repairing and 

improving machines, plants, 

animals and listening to the 

Lutheran Hour. He was always 

looking for new ideas 

for better farming. Mr. 

Mielke cherished the time 

spent with his friends and 

neighbors. 

Survivors include his 

friends, Oria Brinkmeier and 

Gwen Wyatt of Lester 

Prairie, and Paul Robideau 

and his wife, Laura, of New 

Germany; cousins, other relatives 

and many friends. 

Preceding him in death 

were his parents, Emil and 

Bertha Mielke. 

Arrangements were by the 

Paul-McBride Funeral 

Chapel of Lester Prairie. Online 

obituaries and guest book 

are available at www.hantge. 

com. Click on obituaries/ 

guest book. 

He married the love of his 

life, Christine, whom he met 

while she was washing her 

car in Norwood during high 

school, and they married in 

1974. 

In 1975, he and Christine 

founded Laketown Electric, 

where he continued to work 

until his passing. 

Mr. Bergmann was a devoted 

husband and father to his 

children, Shelley, Christopher 

and Matthew. He will be 

greatly missed by his family, 

loved ones and community 

members. 

He was a mentor to many 

individuals in the electrical 

industry and mentored many 

men to start their own companies. 

Mr. Bergmann had a strong 

compassion for charitable 

work and helping those who 

were less fortunate. He was a 

Sunday school teacher, confirmation 

teacher, Boy Scout 

troop leader, volunteer firefighter, 

member of the church 

choir and also was the president 

of the Waconia Chamber, 

the Rotary, as well as was the 

chairperson of the CAP 

Agency Holiday Project. 

He was a licensed pyrotechnic 

and also coordinated 

the 4th of July fireworks 

over Lake Waconia for several 

years. 

His hobbies included riding 

his Harleys, driving his stock 

car and eventually owning a 

race team, being outdoors, 

spending time with his family 

and hanging with his buddies 

at Floyd’s. 

Survivors include his loving 

family, Christine, Shelley, 

Chris and Matt; his grandchildren, 

Ezekiel Bergmann, 

Giuseppe and Giuliana 

Bevilacqua; as well as many 

great friends and extended 

family. 

Preceding Mr. Bergmann in 

death were his parents and 

other family members. 

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“Don’t eat the yellow snow!” is one of many warnings we hear at this time of year, along 

with, “Don’t lick flagpoles!” and “Drive safely!” There’s excitement, even in the warning, 

even if some of them are intended to be funny. 

The thing is, they’re not all funny, because some people don’t know any better. I’ve seen 

news reports from the “cinnamon challenge” to various “accidents involving children and 

loaded weapons.” Not in the least bit amusing. But, not serious enough, either, I guess…because 

people still ignore the warnings. 

As you read this, you may also be thinking that you have only 2 days left until the end of 

the world on December 21, 2012. Unfortunately, it’s predictions and warnings like this that 

numb us to the reality of the world ending…someday. When preachers talk about Christ’s return, 

nobody thinks it’ll be tomorrow and everybody thinks there’s plenty of time to get right 

with God. It’s easy to ignore the warnings. 

In the church, we have the season of Advent, so that we can practice these things. Waiting. 

Patience. Sitting on the edge of your seat. Being attentive, alert and ready! And, taking it seriously, 

we issue warnings of the day that is coming, just as God has promised. And, just like 

any warning, it’s for our benefit. Today (and every day) is the day the Lord has made, so let 

us rejoice and be glad. Every tomorrow is the day of His return, so let’s lift our eyes to the 

heavens, faithfully heeding the promise of Christ’s arrival. Glory to God in the highest, and 

peace to His people on earth! Merry Christmas! 

This weekly message is contributed by the following concerned citizens 

and businesses who urge you to attend the church of your choice. 

Chronicle/ 

Advertiser 

716 E. 10th St., 

Glencoe 

320-864-5518 

Johnson-McBride 

Funeral Chapel 

1222 Hennepin, Glencoe 

864-3737 

Glencoe Area 

Ministerial Assoc. 

Monthly Meeting 

(The First Tuesday of each month 

except June, July and August)

Polzin named FFA’s 

member of the week 

Kyle Polzin, a member of 

the Glencoe-Silver Lake FFA 

chapter, was honored recently 

as the FFA Member of the 

Week: 

Kindling 

the Fire 

of Leadership. 

Polzin is 

a senior 

at GSL. 

A c - 

cording 

to the 

M i n - 

nesota 

F F A 

website, 

“It was 

Kyle Polzin 

while sitting in his first agricultural 

class at Glencoe-Silver 

Lake High School when 

Kyle Polzin’s interest in FFA 

was sparked. After that, it didn’t 

take much persuasion 

from his agricultural education 

teacher and friends and 

Kyle was well on his way to 

being a dedicated and self 

motivated FFA member. 

“He remembered hearing 

about the amazing opportunities 

that FFA had from his 

mom and couldn’t wait to be 

involved. It only took attending 

one chapter FFA meeting, 

and he was hooked! 

“Kyle didn’t wait to further 

his involvement and practically 

hit the ground running 

when it came to taking advantage 

every opportunity to 

reach his full potential.” 

The FFA press release continued: 

“He has competed in 

numerous career development 

events including dairy foods, 

crops, extemporaneous speaking 

and creed speaking. 

“Serving as the chapter sentinel 

and currently the chapter 

president, as well as attending 

both state and national FFA 

conventions, has shown him 

how he, and everyone else, 

can truly have an impact on 

this world. He has committed 

his time to his FFA Chapter 

and community, and is definitely 

making his mark. 

“This enthusiastic FFA 

member understands the definition 

of hard work and team 

work and believes in leading 

by example. This is why Kyle 

does whatever he can to instill 

the fire of leadership in the 

minds of younger students 

and assist them in bringing 

out their passion for FFA. 

“Kyle has played a key role 

in helping his chapter improve, 

grow, and expand in a 

few different ways. 

“With a lot of help from his 

FFA adviser and officer team, 

Kyle was able to get a seventh- 

and-eighth grade FFA 

program started. He is overjoyed 

to see this being put 

into place because young 

members will be entering 

high school with an open 

mind and excitement for 

FFA! The early exposure to 

agricultural education and 

FFA can only make the chapter 

stronger as a whole.” 

Another project Polzin has 

been heavily involved in is 

helping his community form 

the Glencoe-Silver Lake Agri- 

Boosters, which is similar to 

an Alumni FFA Chapter. 

“The Glencoe-Silver Lake 

Boosters is a vital asset to the 

FFA chapter and will be able 

to provide support in the coming 

years. Whether it is 

pulling the FFA float in their 

homecoming parade or providing 

transportation to state 

FFA Leadership Conferences, 

Kyle can’t wait to see how 

the partnership grows,” the 

FFA release stated. 

“Kyle is also very goal-oriented 

and loves to help his 

FFA chapter set goals that 

push them to exceed expectations. 

He is hoping to lead 

everyone to new heights by 

completing the National 

Chapter Award and participating 

in Minnesota FFA’s Agricultural 

Literacy Challenge. 

“Increasing the number of 

career development event 

teams that compete at the 

state level, plus continuing to 

increase fundraising efforts, 

are also on his to-do list this 

year.” 

“Kyle is unafraid of a challenge 

and has a heart of service. 

He recognizes his talents 

and is using them for the betterment 

of his FFA Chapter 

and its members. He serves as 

an inspiration for the incoming 

members and lives out the 

definition of leadership each 

and every day. 

“Congratulations to Kyle 

Polzin for serving with a purpose 

in mind, leading his 

chapter to greatness, and 

being the FFA Member of the 

Week!” the press release concluded. 

Obituary 


Ronald H. Parpart, 75, of Waconia 

Ronald H. “Ron” Parpart, 

75, of Waconia, died Monday, 

Dec. 17, 2012, at the 

Ridgeview Medical Center in 

Waconia. 

Funeral services will be 

held Friday, Dec. 21, at 1:30 

p.m., at Trinity Lutheran 

Church in Waconia with the 

Rev. Phil Wagner officiating. 

Visitation will be one hour 

prior to the service at the 

church. 

Pallbearers will be Kevin 

Parpart, Kenny Parpart, 

Bruce Bargmann, Joe 

Parpart, Ben Parpart and 

Stephanie Parpart. Interment 

will be in the church cemetery. 

Mr. Parpart was born Aug. 

3, 1937, in Bergen Township, 

McLeod County, to Robert 

and Anna (Schmidt) Parpart. 

He was baptized on Aug. 15, 

1937, at St. Paul’s Lutheran 

Church in Lester Prairie by 

the Rev. E. Stahlke, and confirmed 

on March 22, 1951, at 

St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in 

Lester Prairie by the Rev. R. 

Ritz. 

On Oct. 11, 1958, Mr. 

Parpart was united in marriage 

to Arlene Bargmann at 

First Evangelical Lutheran 

Church in Glencoe by the 

Rev. Harold Bode. They were 

blessed with three sons, 

Keith, Dean and Todd. The 

Parparts shared 54 years of 

marriage. 

Mr. Parpart was employed 

at ONAN Corporation for 36 

years. Besides working at 

ONAN, the Parparts were in 

the upholstery business for 

over 40 years. 

Mr. Parpart was very active 

at Trinity Lutheran Church, 

being a member of Seniors 

for Christ, did video for care 

ministry for many years, as 

well as ushering for funerals 

and other services. 

He loved going to garage 

sales, auctions and antiquing. 

Mr. Parpart was able to attend 

his grandson’s wedding in 

October although he was 

quite ill. He loved to watch 

his grandsons play hockey 

when they were younger. 

He kept his lawn in pristine 

condition, manicuring it 

every week. Mr. Parpart was 

a very social person, enjoying 

the time he spent with his numerous 

clients throughout the 

years. 

Survivors include his loving 

family, wife Arlene; sons, 

Keith (Jill) Parpart of Champlin, 

Dean Parpart of Madison, 

Ala., and Todd Parpart 

(Wendy Magee) of Norwood 

Young America; grandchildren, 

Joe and Brittni Parpart, 

Ben Parpart and Stephanie 

Parpart; brothers and sistersin-law, 

Glennard and Gladys 

Parpart of St. Paul and Lesley 

and Carol Parpart of Lester 

Prairie; brother-in-law, Elroy 

Bargmann of Glencoe; 

nieces, nephews other relatives 

and friends. 

Preceding him in death 

were his parents, Robert and 

Anna Parpart; father-in-law 

and mother-in-law, Edwin 

and Martha Bargmann; sisterin-law, 

Marcella Bargmann; 

and niece, Joyce Bargmann. 

Arrangements are with the 

Johnson Funeral Home in 

Waconia, www.johnsonfh. 

com. 

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Tickets are on sale at the 

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The GSL Panther Association 

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that helps subsidize the 

GSL school facilities. Proceeds 

from this event will go 

toward the north outdoor 

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The association board includes 

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Kindergartners 

take the stage 

The five sections of Glencoe-Silver 

Lake kindergartners 

performed their winter 

concert last week in the 

high school auditorium 

under the direction of 

music specialist Carrie 

Knott. Above, left to right, 

Gavin Broucek, Indy Mason, 

Brenden Miguel-Holzheu 

and Ean Yurke salute the 

audience to open the concert. 

At right, David Zerwas 

and Aden Roehrich got into 

one of the dance routines. 

In conjunction with the concert 

was an art display by 

the kindergarten students, 

under the direction of Andrea 

Wigren, elementary art 

specialist. 

Glencoe man arrested after car break-in 

HUTCHINSON — The 

Hutchinson Leader reported 

that Scott Brian Wingate, 25, 

of Glencoe, was arrested Dec. 

6 by Hutchinson Police after 

a witness called about a car 

break-in and the stealing of a 

Corrections 

In last week’s Chronicle 

there were two errors. 

The first was in the photo 

caption for new businesses 

honored at the Glencoe Area 

Chamber of Commerce banquet. 

The identities of Dave 

Johnson of The Cake House 

and Carl Stacey of Shopko 

were transposed in the photo 

caption. 

The other error was noting 

the Santa Claus and elf pictured 

on the front page were 

part of the Coborn’s float in 

the Holly Days Parade. They 

actually were part of the 

Pizza Ranch float. 

***** 

The Chronicle strives for 

accuracy in its reports. If 

you find an error, bring it 

to our attention. Call 864- 

5518 and ask for Rich 

Glennie, editor. 

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Police searched Wingate 

and allegedly found a white 

crystal-like substance believed 

to be methamphetamine. 

Wingate has been charged 

Sister Amnesia’s Country Western 

Jamboree 

Directed by: Randy Wilson 

Tickets available online @ 

www.glencoemn.org 

or at the City Offices. 

Limited seating still available 

for these dinner theater 

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with fifth-degree possession 

of a controlled substance, a 

felony, one felony count of 

possession of burglary tools 

and a misdemeanor count of 

theft, the Leader reported. 

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